Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia (155–145 BCE): Art, History and Details
Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 155–145 BCE, silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia (155–145 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia
- Date: 155–145 BCE
- Culture: Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period
- Type: Silver
- Technique: silver
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
- Collection: GR - Greek
- Department: Greek and Roman Art
- Accession number: 2011.209
Collection credit
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
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