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| Issuer | Magnesia ad Sipylum, City of |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | MAΓNHTΩN ΣIΠYΛOY (Translation: Magnesia ad Sipylum) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Magnesia ad Sipylum, situated in Lydia near the Hermus River, was the site of Rome's decisive defeat of the Seleucid forces under Antiochus III in 190 BC — a battle that effectively ended Seleucid control over Asia Minor and reshuffled the entire western Anatolian political order. The city subsequently fell under Pergamene influence following the Treaty of Apamea, a shift that shaped its civic coinage throughout the second century.
The SNG Copenhagen and SNG France references place this piece within a well-documented but modestly studied civic series.