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Tetradrachm - Erasippos son of Aristeos
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Meandrum |
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| Year | 150 BC - 140 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Artemis facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with flowing, elaborately wavy hair swept back from the forehead and secured by a diadem. The goddess is depicted with delicate facial features in sharp relief, her neck and upper drapery visible at the truncation. A bow and quiver are positioned over her shoulder, identifying the deity as the huntress Artemis. The field is plain, with the portrait occupying the full flan in the manner characteristic of late Hellenistic civic coinage from western Asia Minor. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Delphios depicted standing in three-quarter view to the left, his weight shifted in a relaxed contrapposto stance, resting his right arm upon a tall ornamented tripod positioned to his right, while his left hand holds a laurel branch tied with a fillet. The ethnic legend ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ appears prominently, with the magistrate inscription ΕΡΑSIΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ arranged in two lines to the left of the figure. A meander pattern decorates the lower field, serving as a civic emblem of Magnesia ad Meandrum. The entire composition is enclosed within a broad laurel wreath border, a hallmark of Magnesians tetradrachm coinage of this period. |
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