IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.69 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Euphemos, son of Pausanios, "magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 20/c; SNG von Aulock 7922; SNG Copenhagen 844; SNG Lewis 930 (same dies). Attractively toned, minor die wear on obverse. EF. Well centered with a fully struck wreath on the reverse.

Ex Peus 291 (30 March 1977), lot 258.


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