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accession number:	2011.209.a
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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
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creation date:			155-145 BC
creation date earliest:		155
creation date latest:		145
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
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culture:	Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period
technique:	silver
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Silver
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measurements: Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Bruce Ferrini, approximately 2000; Dr. Norman Zaworski
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digital description: 
The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath. Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Meander River.

wall description: 
After Alexander of Macedon conquered 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 defeated 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 they became independent kings, establishing Hellenistic cities and a Greek cultural base in the region lasting almost 200 years. After his death, Alexander's vast empire—stretching from Macedon across Egypt and Persia all the way to the Indus River—was divided among his military leaders.
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