Collection Online as of December 7, 2023
Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia
Part of a set. See all set records
Silver
Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2011.209
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.