Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia (155–145 BCE): Art, History and Details

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.a

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

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