The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia

155–145 BCE
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • Bruce Ferrini, approximately 2000; Dr. Norman Zaworski
  • {{cite web|title=Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia|url=false|author=|year=155–145 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.209.b