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Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm643 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine.
From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates.
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Magnesia (BC 350-325) Hemidrachm656 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; grain ear behind, [Δ]IOΠEIΘH[Σ] in exergue. EF, toned. Alighieri Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 400) AE 7465 viewsca 400 BC. AE7 (0.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Cuirass. VF, black patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 400-330) AE 486 views4th century BC. AE (1.03g). Rider with chlamys and lance galloping right, maeander below / Half-figure of Persian Great King in kidaris right, shooting bow, within maeander pattern circle. Green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Mueller Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Diobol?481 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol? (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull left; ΜΑΓΠabove, maeander pattern to right, [...]ΛΛΟΔ[..] (magistrate) below. VF, toned, metal defect on obv, scratches on rev. Rare. Mueller Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm484 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g, 15mm, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull butting right; kerykeion above. VF, flat strike in centers, porous. Unpublished.
The style and fabric of the coin are consistent with the coinage of Ionia in the mid-late 4th century BC. The Apollo / bull butting types are common at Magnesia, but the absence of any maeander pattern casts doubt upon an attribution to that city. There are rare gold issues with these types at Samos (cf. Barron pl. XXX, 14-5), but it is unlikely that this is a previously unknown silver issue from that mint.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm361 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.06g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull butting right; [kerykeion above?]. VF, dark iridescent toning, minor porosity. Extremely rare, the second known.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm376 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.2g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / [...]OP / Λ[...], forepart of bull butting right; countermark (monogram) on shoulder. VF.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm180 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.61g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MAΓ, forepart of bull right. Rare and nicely toned. VF.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Hemiobol?211 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.31g, 10h). Crude janiform head(?) with central cruciform device / Bull standing right. Near VF, toned. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Hemiobol?284 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.30g, 7mm). Janiform head / Bull butting right within incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol409 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 0.82g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right; maeander pattern around. Near VF, toned, grainy surfaces. Alighieri Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol488 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.79g), Rhodian standard. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right, MA above, uncertain symbol (horse head?) to left. Light porosity, VF. Rare. Mueller Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol456 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M behind / Bull butting right, maeander pattern below, [Γ]NH above. Very rare, apparently unpublished.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol712 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (0.29g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 802 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol471 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M-[A] flanking / Bull butting right, maeander pattern groundline below, ΓNH above. Light porosity, VF. Very rare, apparently unpublished.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 302 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 7mm). Bull standing right / 8-rayed star with central pellet. aVF. Rare.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol184 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Bucranium / eight rays star. Very rare. gVF.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol111 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.28g). MA, bull standing right / Eight-pointed star with central pellet. VF. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion560 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Attic Tetartemorion (0.13g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Toned VF.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion630 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Good style, gVF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion398 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear; Maeander pattern below. Good VF. Extremely rare; the third known.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion279 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.14g, 6mm, 1h). Head (of Apollo?) left / Barley grain between two maeander patterns. VF, toned. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion336 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g, 5mm). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, ΓNH above, maeander pattern below. Very Fine.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion400 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, ΓNH (retrograde) above, maeander pattern below. Very Fine. Rare.
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Magnesia (BC 458-400) Tetartemorion273 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 6mm). Head of cock right / Head of eagle right, M below; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Ex Gorny & Mosch 212 (3/2013), lot 1960.
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Magnesia (BC 458-420) Tetrobol 192 viewsca 465-459 BC. AR Tetrobol (13mm, 2.10g). Male figure standing left extending right arm to a horse standing facing, head right / Eagle flying right. aVF.
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Magnesia (BC 458-420) Tetrobol310 viewsca 465-400 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.14g, 3h). Male figure standing front, head to left, leading with his right arm horse standing facing left, head to right / Eagle flying right; around, uncertain letters (?). Of the highest rarity, the better of two known. Slightly porous, otherwise VF.
CNG attributes this issue to 'Themistokles (?)', stating that it fits well into the coinage of Themistokles and Archepolis as described by Nollé and Wenniger. However, the letters on our example do not resemble the monograms of Themistokles or Archepolis, and the lack of a dotted square border and the style of the eagle point, in this cataloguer's opinion, to a somewhat later date.
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Magnesia (BC 458-420) Trihemiobol186 viewsThemistokles(?), ca 465-459 BC. AR Obol (0.88g). Male figure standing left extending right arm to a horse standing facing, head left / Eagle flying right. Unpublished. VF, toned, struck from worn dies, minor porosity. Possibly unique.
This coin appeared in the market alongside known issues of Themistokles and his son, Archepolis, but does not appear in Nollé & Wenninger’s corpus of their coinage, nor has another appeared in the recent sales of their coinage. While the obverse type is novel, a similar reverse type of an eagle flying appears on issues of both rulers. Additionally, the general style and fabric of the flan is consistent with Themistokleian issues.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol750 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Bearded head of Herakles left / Head of eagle right, MA below, within incuse square. Very fine.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol571 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Hemiobol (0.36g, 7h). Head of Athena right / M-A, head of eagle left, within dotted border in incuse square. Very rare. VF.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis656 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP monogram, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis696 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23g, 9h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right within linear square in incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished.
For similar trihemiobols of Archepolis, but eagle left with ethnic, cf. Nollé & Wenninger A 2a = Gorny & Mosch 102, 254 and Triton V, 1425.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis525 viewsArchepolis, ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18g, 9h). Diademed head right / Eagle flying right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, porous. Extremely rare, unpublished with eagle right.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis496 viewsArchepolis, ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.20g, 6h). Diademed head right / Eagle flying right; monogram below; all within linear square border. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue and likely the finest known specimen of this rare series. Ex: CNG EÂ334, lot 85; CNG EÂ315, lot 81; CNG EÂ307, lot 55; CNG EÂ291, lot 95; Lanz 144, 240; Gorny & Mosch 160, lot 1519.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol695 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (1.06g, 2h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing diadem, A to left / Head of eagle left; AM below. VF, typical light porosity. Unpublished as a trihemiobol.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol678 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.97g, 5h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; M-A flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, porous. Possibly unique.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol394 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.18g). Bearded male head right, wearing tania / Barley grain; MA upwards to right, ΨI downwards to left. Unpublished. Good VF, faint porosity. Rare.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis757 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP-X, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Unpublished and apparently unique.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis612 viewsca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique.
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Magnesia (BC 465-450) Hemitetartemorion732 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion(?) (5mm, 0.09g, 3h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; E-(three bar sigma) flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. CNG 73, lot 325 for a similar obol, but with different letters on reverse. Good VF, attractively toned. Exceptional metal and style.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles782 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. F-VF
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles822 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. VF.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles841 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE monogram within incuse square. VF, toned, usual light porosity. Very rare.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles1022 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 7h). Barley grain right; ΘE above, meander pattern below / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of granularity. Apparently unique.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles474 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.32g, 4h). Barley grain; ΘE to left, meander pattern to right / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Near VF, toned, some cleaning scratches on reverse. Perhaps the second known.
The examples in Nollé and Wenninger and the Gorny & Mosch sale have Θ-E flanking the grain and lack the meander pattern.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Tetartemorion - Themistokles1411 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g, 12h). Owl standing right, head facing / ΘE monogram within dotted square in incuse square. Good VF, attractive dark toning. Rare.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Trihemiobol - Themistokles2884 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-460 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.08g). Bearded head of Themistokles right, wearing diadem / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. EF. Arguably, one of the first representations of an actual person on a coin.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Trihemiobol - Themistokles2276 viewsThemistokles, Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.15g). Bearded head of Themistokles right, wearing tightly fitting cap ornamented with four leaves above edge and spiral toward back; Θ-Ε flanking / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. Some light encrustation on reverse, EF.
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