Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

Date
155–145 BCE
Medium
silver
Culture
Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath. Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Meander River.

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