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Tetradrachm - Pausanias son of Pausanios
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Meandrum |
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| Year | 150 BC - 140 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Artemis facing right, wearing a diadem, with a bow and quiver visible over her shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic style characteristic of the Magnesian civic coinage of the mid-second century BC. The goddess is depicted with fine, detailed hair secured by the diadem, consistent with the artistic conventions of the period. The field is uncluttered, focusing attention on the divine effigy. The coin was issued under the magistracy of Pausanias, son of Pausanios. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum gained the right to strike civic silver coinage following its refoundation under Seleucid patronage in the early second century BC, and the magistrate-signed series to which this piece belongs reflects the city's confidence in that autonomy. The naming of a magistrate — here Pausanias, son of Pausanias — as guarantor of the issue was standard Magnesians practice, and the repetition of the same name across father and son suggests a family holding civic office across generations, a pattern well-attested in the epigraphy of Asia Minor Greek cities during this period.
The SNG Copenhagen and von Aulock concordance places this squarely within a well-documented but modestly sized die sequence.