Lot 39
Ionia. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, c. 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.50 g). Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder Reverse: Nude Apollo standing left, elbow resting against tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet in his right hand; magistrate' name, EYΦEMOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY at left, ethnic at right, maeander pattern below; all enclosed in a laurel wreath. BMC Ionia, p. 162, 36; cf. Jones, "The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Magnesia-on-Maeander," ANSMN 24 (1979), pp. 104-5, 8-22. SNG Cop. --; SNG von Aulock --; Weber 6003. Portrait of pretty style, well struck up, and in high relief. Reverse a little off center. NGC graded About Uncirculated.
This virtually mint state example of Hellenistic art was probably found in the Kirikhan hoard unearthed around 1971-2. Sometimes called a stephanephoros or "wreath-bearer," this denomination is so termed because of the large wreath encircling the reverse type. Other stephanephoroi (plural) discovered in this fabulous hoard were coins bearing the ethnics, or city-names, of Kyme, Myrina and Herakleia.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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