Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

Description

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.

Provenance

Bruce Ferrini, approximately 2000; Dr. Norman Zaworski

Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

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155–145 BCE

Accession Number

2011.209

Medium

silver

Dimensions

Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)

Classification

Silver

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski