id: 169344 accession number: 2011.209.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.209.a updated: 2019-11-18 12:36:54.625000 Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, 155-145 BC. Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period. Silver; diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2011.209.a title: Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 155-145 BC creation date earliest: 155 creation date latest: 145 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski copyright: --- culture: Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period technique: silver department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Silver find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Bruce Ferrini, approximately 2000; Dr. Norman Zaworski date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: After Alexander of Macedon succeeded in conquering Egypt and Persia in 331 BC, his ambition to rule the known world led him further east across Bactria in Afghanistan, through the Hindu Kush mountain pass, and into India. There he succeeded in defeating all the local kings of the region until his men, on the brink of mutiny, insisted that they return to Greece. Alexander left governors in charge of his territories, and after his death in 323 BC, his governors became independent kings, establishing Hellenistic cities and a Greek cultural base in the region, which lasted for almost 200 years. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.209.a/2011.209.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.209.a/2011.209.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.209.a/2011.209.a_full.tif