Description
Ionia, Magnesia ad Meandrum, ca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (Obol?). Archepolis, son of Themistokles. Bearded male head right / Eagle flying right within linear square.
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Ionia, Magnesia ad Meandrum, ca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (Obol?). Archepolis, son of Themistokles. Bearded male head right / Eagle flying right within linear square.
| Diameter [mm]: | AR10 |
| Weight [g]: | 0,70 |
| Grade: | F/F |
| Attribution: | Nollé-Wenninger, JNG A 2a |
| Commentary: | rare; brown-greyish patina, soft features |
Themistokles (524 - 459 BC), an architect of the Greek victory at Salamis (480 BC), was expelled from Athens and entered the service of the Persian king Artaxerxes I, who made him governor of Magnesia, where Temistokles lived with his family.