Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia. AR Stephanophoric Tetradrachm. 
ca 150-140 BC. 33 mm, 16.98 g. Magistrate Erasippos, son of Aristeos.

Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder.
ERASIPPOS ARISTEOY MAGNHTWN to left and right of Apollo, 
naked, standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod to 
right, holding a filleted branch in right hand, maeander 
pattern below; all within laurel wreath.

Jones 32a; SNG von Aulock 2042; Hunter 7; BMC 37; de Luynes 2619; Pozzi 2461; SNG Berry 1067.

(Jones reference: article in ANS Museum Notes 24).

Contributed by Burak of Kayser-i Rum Numismatics, Sept. 2019.