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Æ15
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Meandrum |
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| Year | 350 BC - 190 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Horseman advancing to the right, depicted in profile within a plain field. The rider sits astride a horse in full stride, rendered in the compact, stylised manner typical of Hellenistic civic bronze coinage. The flan shows natural irregularities consistent with hand-hammered production. The surface carries an overall dark-green patina with earthen deposits obscuring finer detail. |
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| Reverse description | Bull butting to the left, shown in vigorous forward motion with lowered head, rendered in high relief in the Hellenistic tradition. A grain ear is placed in the lower field beneath the bull, serving as a civic symbol associated with the agricultural prosperity of Magnesia ad Meandrum. The Greek magistrate's legend ΜΑΓΝ ΚΥΔΡΟΚΛΗΣ (abbreviated ethnic for Magnesia and the name of the eponymous magistrate Kydrokles) is disposed around the type, identifying both the issuing city and the responsible official. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΑΓΝ ΚΥΔΡΟΚΛΗΣ |
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