Live auction - bgr_522017 - IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM Tétradrachme

IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM Tétradrachme AU

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Estimate :	850 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 14:25:12

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 225-200 AC.

Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,91 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très belle tête d’Héraklès . Revers de haut relief. Patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

MP.2039 - M.1030 var. - P.2461 - Aulock2042

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Argenor (Paris)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté nouée sous le menton ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse

Reverse description : Zeus Aétophore nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche sur un trône avec dossier, les jambes croisées, tenant un aigle de la main droite tendue et un long sceptre bouleté de la main gauche ; un méandre à l’exergue, un monogramme dans le champ à gauche, devant les jambes.

Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ (PAo)/ (MEo).

Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).

Historical background

IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type

Magnesia had been founded by the Magnetes, originating from Thessaly. The city, bathing at the foot of the Meander, was famous for its temple of Artemis Leucophyrene, built by Hermogenes around 190 BC and whose remains can still be admired today..