Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period, 155–145 BCE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
155–145 BCE
The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath.
Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Meander River. Cleveland Museum of Art object 2011.209: Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, 155–145 BCE. Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period. Silver; diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.). Inscribed: MAGNETON EROGNETOS ZOPURIONOS (Erognetos [Son] of Zopyrion of Magnesia). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- silver
Design
- Inscription
- MAGNETON EROGNETOS ZOPURIONOS (Erognetos [Son] of Zopyrion of Magnesia)
Identification
- Date recorded
- 155–145 BCE
- Culture period
- Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period
- Museum attribution
- Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period
- Museum object name
- Silver
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 2011.209
- Published references
- https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins/200/product/ioniamagnesia_ad_maeandrum_155_bc_ar_tetradrachm_artemis_apollo_ngc_ch_au_45_45/622818/Default.aspx
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