IONIA. Magnesia ad Meandrum. Ca. mid-2nd century BC. AR tetradrachm (36mm, 16.29 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5, die shift. Apollodorus, son of Callicrates, magistrate, ca. 160-155 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, hair tied in knot at back of head, bow and quiver over left shoulder / AΠOΛΛOΔΩPOΣ / KAΛΛIKPATOY / ΜΑΓ-ΝΗΤΩΝ, Apollo, nude, standing facing on meander pattern, head left, laurel branches in right hand, leaning on tripod with left arm; all within laurel wreath. N. Jones, 'The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Magnesia on Maeander', ANS MN 24, 1979, 4b. From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Pegasi Numismatics, private sale with old dealer tag

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