Magnesia ad Maeandrum in Ionia 300BC Horseman Bull Ancient Greek Coin i50523

Description: Item: i50523 Authentic Ancient Coin of: Greek city of Magnesia ad Maeandrum in Ionia Bronze 10mm (0.75 grams) Struck circa 300-200 B.C. Reference: cf. SNG Copenhagen 820 Horseman galloping right, holding spear. Bull butting left; ΜΑΓN above; magistrate's name in exergue. Situated south-east of Ephesus, on a tributary of the Maeander, Magnesia was originally founded from Thessaly but was re-established by colonists from Miletos in the 7th century B.C. You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Ancient Greek: Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Latin : Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient Greek city in Ionia , considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene , Ephesus and Tralles . The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from Thessaly who settled the area along with some Cretans . It was later called "on the Meander" to distinguish it from the nearby Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum . The territory around Magnesia was extremely fertile, and produced excellent wine, figs , and cucumbers . It was built on the slope of Mount Thorax , on the banks of the small river Lethacus , a tributary of the Maeander river upstream from Ephesus . It was 15 miles from the city of Miletus . The ruins of the city are located west of the modern village Tekin in the Germencik district of Aydın Province , Turkey . Magnesia lay within Ionia , but because it had been settled by Aeolians from Greece, was not accepted into the Ionian League. Magnesia may have been ruled for a time by the Lydians , and was for some time under the control of the Persians , and subject to Cimmerian raids. In later years, Magnesia supported the Romans in the Second Mithridatic War . General history Magnesia soon attained great power and prosperity, so as to be able to cope even with a challenge from Ephesus . However, the city was taken and destroyed by the Cimmerians , some time between 726 BC and 660 BC. The deserted site was soon reoccupied, and rebuilt by the Milesians or, according to Athenaeus, by the Ephesians . The Persian satraps of Lydia also occasionally resided in the place. In the fifth century BC, the exiled Athenian Themistocles came to Persia to offer his services to Artaxerxes , and was given control of Magnesia to support his family. The name "magnet" may come from lodestones found in Magnesia. In the time of the Romans , Magnesia was added to the kingdom of Pergamus , after Antiochus had been driven eastward beyond Mount Taunts . After this time the town seems to have declined and is rarely mentioned, though it is still noticed by Pliny and Tacitus . Hierocles ranks it among the bishoprics of Asia , and later documents seem to imply that at one time it bore the name of Maeandropolis . The existence of the town in the time of the emperors Aurelius and Gallienus is attested to by coins. Landmarks Magnesia contained a temple of Dindymene , the mother of the gods ; the wife or daughter of Themistocles, was said to have been a priestess of that divinity. Strabo later noted the temple no longer existed, the town having been transferred to another place. The change in the site of the town alluded to by Strabo, is not noticed by other contemporary authors, however some suggest that Magnesia was moved from the banks of the Meander to a place at the foot of Mount Thorax three miles from the river. The new town which Strabo saw was remarkable for its temple of Artemis Leucophryeno, which in size and the number of its treasures was surpassed by the temple of Ephesus , but in beauty and the harmony of its parts was superior to all the temples in Asia Minor. The temple to Artemis is said by Vitruvius to have been built by the architect Hermogenes , in the Ionic style. Little remains of either temple today. The site of Magnesia on the Maeander was once identified with the modern Guzel-kissar ; since then the ruins of a temple to Artemis were found at Inck-bazar , and the latter is considered a more likely site. Modern excavations The first excavations at the archaeological site were performed during 1891 and 1893 by a German archaeological team conducted by Carl Humann , discoverer of the Pergamon Altar . These lasted 21 months and partially revealed the theatre, the Artemis temple, the agora , the Zeus temple and the prytaneion . Excavations were resumed at the site, after an interval of almost 100 years, in 1984, by Orhan Bingöl of the University of Ankara and the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Findings from the site are now displayed in Istanbul and Aydın , as well as in Berlin and Paris . Copies of the portico (pronaos) of the Zeus temple and of a bay of the Artemis temple can be visited in the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin. The most of the architectural remains of Magnesia have been destroyed by local lime burners. The well preserved remains of the Zeus temple have been destroyed by local residents even after Humann's excavation campaign. Notable people Bathycles (6th century BC) Greek sculptor Themistocles of Athens spent his final years and was buried here Sources Carl Humann : Magnesia am Maeander. Bericht über die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen der Jahre 1891–1893. Berlin: Reimer, 1904 Volker Kästner: Der Tempel des Zeus Sosipolis von Magnesia am Mäander, in: Brigitte Knittlmayer and Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer: Die Antikensammlung, Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1998, p. 230-231 Johannes Althoff: Ein Meister des Verwirklichens. Der Archäologe Theodor Wiegand, in: Peter Behrens, Theodor Wiegand und die Villa in Dahlem. Klaus Rheidt and Barbara A. Lutz (ed.), Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2004, p. 151 Literary references Magnesia on the Maeander is the location for the historical mystery novel The Ionia Sanction, by Gary Corby , set during the last days of Themistocles . References General In Smith, W. (1854). Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. Boston: Little, Brown & Co Page 252 Frequently Asked Questions How long until my order is shipped? Depending on the volume of sales, it may take up to 5 business days for shipment of your order after the receipt of payment. How will I know when the order was shipped? 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