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Home > Ionia > Magnesia ad Maeander Last additions - Magnesia ad Maeander Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol614 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.91g, 9.5mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / M-A flanking trident within circular maeander pattern. EF.Aug 13, 2009 Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I362 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE34 (15.4g), struck under grammateus Aur. Musaius. AYT KM IOY - ΦIΛIΠΠOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / [EΠI] ΓP AVP MOYCAI - OY MAΓNH / TΩN (in ex.), Dionysos, standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand and pouring wine from kantharos with right hand; grape bunch over his right shoulder; left at his feet, a small Satyr playing with panther, who is leaping left; at his right side, a dancing maenad wearing chiton and beating her tympanon, looking left. Very rare, F, some roughness. Thanks to Curtis Clay for the attribution! Hoeft coll. The satyr, rarely seen, looks like a goat leaping left!May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius581 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll. This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Hadrian362 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (10.16g). AV KAI TPAI - AΔPIANOC CE, laureate head right / AVΛAEITHC - MAΓNH, Apollo Aulaeites, in long girdled garment, stg. right, holding lyra in left arm and plektron in lowered right hand. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 837 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Jan 30, 2009 Magnesia (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero481 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (8.96g). NEPΩN KAICAP, head right / MAΓNHTΩN ΛEVKOΦPHNH, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Artemis Leukophrys standing facing. Rare. Green patina, VF.Dec 20, 2008 Magnesia (AD 200-270) AE 21 440 viewsImperial Times, 3rd cent AD. AE21 (4.97g). KOPH, veiled bust of Kore right / MAΓNHTΩN, Dionysos standing left. Glossy green patina, gVF.Dec 20, 2008 Magnesia (AD 41-54) AE 18 - Claudius1253 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (4.42g, 12h). Laureate head right / Cult-statue of Artemis Leukophrys. VF, dark-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla450 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (9.48g, 6h). Philoumenus, grammateus for the second time. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene within tetrastyle temple; ΦIΛ-OV-MENOV B in legend. VF, green patina with dusty beige overtones, adjustment marks on reverse. Ex de Barros Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximus535 viewsMaximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE (9.65g). Γ. IOV. OVH. - MAXIMOC K. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΓP AVP AKTIA - KOVP MAGNH./TΩN. Apollo, nude, standing facing, head turned left, left ellbow resting on tripod, holding laurel branch in his lowered right hand; serpent coiled round legs of tripod. Rare. Dark green patina. Slightly rough surfaces. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel 41 (1970), 385.Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander635 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 - Medallion (20.13g, 6h). Aur. Tychicus, grammateus. AYT K M • AYP CEY H • AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MAΓNH T ΩN EΠ I ΓP AVP • TVΞIK/OV •, Zeus Nikephorus seated left on stool. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Extremely rare, only the third example of this type known. Apart from the Paris specimen published by Mionnet, the only other published example of the type, though with a different placement of the reverse legend, appeared in the Weber Coll. (J. Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 2880, with the reverse illustrated on pl. XXXIX of the catalog.1 commentsJul 15, 2008 Magnesia (AD 247-249) AE 17 - Philip II420 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE17 (2.36g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Child Dionysos seated facing on cista mystica, looking left and holding out both arms. Good VF, dark green patina. Wagner Coll.Jul 29, 2007 Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa395 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE30 (10.44g). M ΩTAKI CEYHPA CE, Draped bust wearing stephane / EΠI ΓP TYXIKOY B NE MAΓNHTΩN, Hephaistos seated right, holding tongs in left hand, hammer in right, hammering the brim of an Athenian helmet set on a short column. Rare. Very fine.Jul 29, 2007 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 15439 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE15 (3.55g). ΜΑ-ΓΝΗΤΩΝ, head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind / ΕΥΚΛΗΣ - ΑΙΣΧΡΙΩΝΟΣ, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene in long veil standing facing. aVF. Rare. Joy coll.Jul 28, 2007 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 17402 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (2.86g). Laureate head of Artemis right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΝΙΚΑΝΩΡ - ΚΑΙ / ZΩΠΥΡΟΣ, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene in long veil standing facing, monogram in field to right. gVF. Rare. Joy coll.Jul 28, 2007 Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus637 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.88g). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder. VF, nice green patina. Scarce.Jan 09, 2007 Magnesia (AD 193-211) AE 34 - Septimius Severus423 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE34 (21.62g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding scroll and resting elbow on lyre set on altar. Fair, green patina with flecks of red. Extremely rare - the only other specimen known to Schulz is in the Hermitage.Jan 09, 2007 Magnesia (AD 238-244) AE 17 - Gordian III464 viewsGordian III, AD 238-244. AE17 (2.36g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΓΝ−ΗΤΩΝ, infant Dionysos sitting right on cista mystica, extending arms. Near VF, green patina.Jan 06, 2007 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol746 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (0.29g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Oct 01, 2006 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19483 viewsafter 190 BC. AE19 (3.88g). Laureate head of Artemis right, [bow and quiver behind shoulder off flan] / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΝΙΚΑΝΩΡ - ΚΑΙ / ZΩΠΥΡΟΣ, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene in long veil standing facing, monogram in field to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.Jan 15, 2006 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 25604 viewsafter BC 190 BC. AE25 (11.52g). Draped bust of diademed Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / Stag standing right on top of maeander, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ above, ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ below, monogram to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll.Jan 15, 2006 Magnesia (BC 300-275) AE 17637 viewsca 300-275 BC. AE17 (4.11g). Rider in military dress and chlamys galloping right, holding spear in right hand / Bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝH above, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ in exergue. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.Jan 15, 2006 Magnesia (BC 330-300) AE 14567 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE14 (2.15g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull right, ΜΑΓ above, maeander pattern and ΚΥΔΙΑΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll.Jan 15, 2006 Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 20577 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE20 (3.42g, 20mm). Horseman holding spear right / Humped bull butting; MAΓΝ above; KYΔΡΟΚΛHΣ (magistrate) below. And corn-ear. Very fine.Oct 31, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-320) Trihemiobol629 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.76g, 12h). Lykomed[es], magistrate. Warrior holding lance on horseback right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔ in exergue. VF. Extremely rare denomination. Of the fourteen magistrates of the early Magnesian series, only Lykomedes is known to have struck trihemiobols, of which only the Weber coin is published (see Kinns, Magnesia, p. 137-8, n. 4).Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm546 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g). Erasippos (son of) Aristeos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm574 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Herognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, tiny die break from chin.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm563 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76g, 1h). Euphemos (son of) Pausanios, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, toned, minor flan flaw on obverse. Well centered and struck.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (AD 200-300) AE 21360 views3rd cent AD. AE21 (7.33g, 12h). Bust of Serapis right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. VF, black-green patina with lighter olive overtones. One of two known, the other is in the BN. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.Sep 20, 2005 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19554 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE19 (9.44g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. EF, glossy, dark green patina, some roughness on the obverse.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm749 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.13g, 12h). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 73 (10/1995), 157.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 300) Octobol788 viewsca 300 BC. AR Attic Octobol (5.41g). Isagoras, magistrate. Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / Bull butting left; ΙΣΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate), Greek "Z" below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, some light porosity. See Kricheldorf XXXIV (1/1980), lot 113 for another example from this magistrate.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm732 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.51g). Horseman right, holding couched spear / Bull butting left; maeander pattern below, grain ear behind (off flan), ΣΚΥΘΟ[Î¥] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch. Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm562 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71g, 12h). Pausianas, son of Pausanios, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Apollo standing left, holding branch tied with fillet in right hand, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind; ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, attractively toned. From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Tkalec (2/2001), lot 120.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-300) AE 26478 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE26 (19.98g). Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΡΟΣ, tripod tied with fillets; monogram below. Nice VF, brown patina, reverse slightly double struck and a touch rough. Very Rare.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm670 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates. Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol620 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Trident in circular maeander pattern. VF.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14515 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.28g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ (magistrate) / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, laureate head of Apollo right, lyre before. Good VF, glossy green patina, minor smoothing on reverse.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 112412 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE11 (1.38g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull right. EF, attractive dark green patina.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm741 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.16g). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, well centered.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 20573 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE20 (11.69g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. VF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Freedman Coll.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 155-140) Tetradrachm733 viewsca 155-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.53g). Erognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo standing left, tall tripod behind; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below. EF, small scratch in obverse field behind head.Feb 09, 2005 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol473 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M behind / Bull butting right, maeander pattern below, [Γ]NH above. Very rare, apparently unpublished.Jan 18, 2005 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion586 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Attic Tetartemorion (0.13g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Toned VF. Dec 27, 2004 Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 16633 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE16 (3.41g). Armed horseman prancing right, holding spear / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ/IA (magistrate) in exergue, withing circular maeander pattern. good F.Dec 21, 2004 Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis790 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP-X, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Unpublished and apparently unique.Dec 09, 2004 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Trihemiobol - Themistokles3046 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-460 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.08g). Bearded head of Themistokles right, wearing diadem / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. EF. Arguably, one of the first representations of an actual person on a coin.Dec 09, 2004 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles871 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. VF.Dec 08, 2004 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles832 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. F-VFDec 08, 2004 Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol782 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Bearded head of Herakles left / Head of eagle right, MA below, within incuse square. Very fine. Dec 08, 2004     150 coins on 2 page(s) 1 2