bgr_546666 - IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM Didrachme
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Price : 760.00 €
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Price : 760.00 €
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan, légèrement décentré au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cavalier, casqué, vêtu militairement galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche au-dessus d’un méandre.
Reverse legend : MAGN// DIOGEITH
Reverse translation : (de Magnésie/ Diogeité,).
Commentary
Sur notre exemplaire, le nom éponyme est placé au-dessus et celui du magistrat au-dessous du taureau. .
On our example, the eponymous name is placed above and that of the magistrate below the bull.
On our example, the eponymous name is placed above and that of the magistrate below the bull.
Historical background
IONIA - MAGNESIA AD MEANDRUM
(4th century BC)
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..
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