Nomos 19

IONIA. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 125-120 BC. Stater (Gold, 19 mm, 8.51 g, 12 h), Euphemos, son of Pausanias. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, with bow and quiver at her shoulder. Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ Nike standing right in biga with horses galloping to right, she holds a whip in her right hand and the reins in her left. Nomos 15, 2017, 151 (same dies, otherwise unpublished). Very rare. Attractive and clear. Struck from very slightly rusty dies, otherwise, about extremely fine.

While silver stephanephoroi are known to be struck by an individual bearing the same name as the magistrate we have here, they were minted c. 150-140, and were probably produced by our magistrate's grandfather (a neokoros of the temple of Artemis Leukophryene is known from an inscription of 112/111 BC and is probably to be identified with our magistrate). The depiction on the reverse almost certainly must be connected to a victory in the games held in honor of Artemis, but we know too little of the history of Magnesia in this period to be sure.