Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XX 29-30 Oct 2020
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Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Oktobol. Euphemos, son of Pausianias, magistrate. Circa 150-140 BC. Warrior, holding couched lance in right hand, on horse rearing to right; Δ (mark of value) below / Bull butting to left, MAΓNHTΩN above, EYΦHMΟΣ ΠAYΣANΙΟΥ in exergue; all within circular maeander patterned border. Kinns, Two 17 (O15/R5) = NFA XIII, lot 865 (same dies); CNG E-431, lot 198 (same dies); otherwise unpublished. 5.54g, 23mm, 12h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare - Kinns notes only the NFA example, and only four others are present in CoinArchives.
Acquired from Classical Numismatic Group.
This magistrate was also responsible for the until recently entirely unknown issue of gold staters that bear the bust of Artemis on the obverse and Nike in quadriga on the reverse. The reason for such an extraordinary output of coinage in the mid-second century at both Magnesia and at Ephesos is uncertain, but may relate to the regional conflicts between the kingdoms of Pergamon, Bithynia and Cappadocia in the 150s BC.
Mint State. Extremely Rare - Kinns notes only the NFA example, and only four others are present in CoinArchives.
Acquired from Classical Numismatic Group.
This magistrate was also responsible for the until recently entirely unknown issue of gold staters that bear the bust of Artemis on the obverse and Nike in quadriga on the reverse. The reason for such an extraordinary output of coinage in the mid-second century at both Magnesia and at Ephesos is uncertain, but may relate to the regional conflicts between the kingdoms of Pergamon, Bithynia and Cappadocia in the 150s BC.