Magnesia ad Maeandrum, bronze coin — Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene with polos (CN type 22979)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
late 1st century AD
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireCoin in bronze struck at Magnesia ad Maeandrum, dated late 1st century AD. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22979 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Apollo (Aulaites) standing right, holding lyre and plectrum. Legend: ΑΥΛΑΙΤΗϹ. Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene with polos, head veil, breast chains and pendent fillets. Legend: ΛЄΥΚΟΦΡΥϹ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.59 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Schultz, Die Münzprägung von Magnesia am Mäander in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1975, nr. 48-51; Burnett et al., RPC II: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. II: From Vespasian to Domitian (AD 69-96)., London [u.a.] 1999, nr. 1148; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
Magnesia on the Maeander, also known as Magnesia ad Maeandrum, was an ancient Greek city in Ionia situated along the river Lethacus, upstream from Ephesus. Originally settled by Magnetes from Thessaly alongside Cretans, the city occupied the former site of Leucophrys. In later years, Magnesia supported the Romans during the Second Mithridatic War. During the Roman Imperial Period, the city issued its own coinage, featuring local civic and religious iconography such as Apollo Aulaites and the cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.59 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Magnesia ad Maeandrum
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Apollo (Aulaites) standing right, holding lyre and plectrum.
- Reverse type
- Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene with polos, head veil, breast chains and pendent fillets.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΛΑΙΤΗϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΛЄΥΚΟΦΡΥϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22979
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22979
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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