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Coin ID #5902

Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I

Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE34 (15.4g), struck under grammateus Aur. Musaius. AYT KM IOY - ΦIΛIΠΠOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / [EΠI] ΓP AVP MOYCAI - OY MAΓNH / TΩN (in ex.), Dionysos, standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand and pouring wine from kantharos with right hand; grape bunch over his right shoulder; left at his feet, a small Satyr playing with panther, who is leaping left; at his right side, a dancing maenad wearing chiton and beating her tympanon, looking left. Very rare, F, some roughness. Thanks to Curtis Clay for the attribution! Hoeft coll.

The satyr, rarely seen, looks like a goat leaping left!

File information
Filename:magnesia_philippI_Schultz472.jpg
City/Mint name:Magnesia ad Maeander
Keywords:bronze / roman
References:S.Schultz Nr.472, pl.31 ( 1 ex. in Paris, unique, from same dies); Dieudonne RN 1901, S.439, 53 (corr.); Bernhart JNG 1949, 1037; Coll. Paris 1573; Imhoof JIAN 1908, S.177
Valuation:€180, Nemesis
Photo courtesy of:Nemesis - www.vcoins.com/ancient/nemesis
Filesize:78 KiB
Date added:May 16, 2009
Dimensions:750 x 377 pixels
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