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.
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.