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Tetradrachm - Apollodoros, son of Kallikrates
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Meandrum (Ionia) |
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| Year | 155 BC - 145 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Artemis facing right, her hair elaborately arranged in flowing waves and gathered into a large floral bun at the back of the head, with a loose curl descending to the neck. The goddess wears a small earring and her chiton is visible at the truncation. The portrait is rendered in fine Hellenistic style with delicate facial features, the field entirely plain. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum occupied an awkward geopolitical position throughout the second century BC — technically free under the terms Rome extracted from the Seleucids after Apamea in 188 BC, yet increasingly pulled into Roman clientage as the Attalids of Pergamon extended their influence across western Asia Minor. The magistrate name Apollodoros, son of Kallikrates, places this issue within a civic coinage tradition that Magnesia used partly to assert a municipal identity it was rapidly losing to regional powers.
The SNG Copenhagen and BMC references anchor this firmly within the well-documented but modestly studied Magnesian series.