Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 24672184, member: 83845&quot;]Even though it is not beautiful I love this hemiobol from Magnesia ad Maeandrum because it was struck under Themistokles and the open question about the portrait. I tend to lean towards Hephaestus but if it is Themistokles it would be one of the earliest self-portraits on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573349[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum</font></p><p><font size="3">Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 8 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 0.24 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Hephaistos? right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking /</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΘE monogram in dotted square border within incuse square.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Nollé &amp; Wenninger 5a; Cahn &amp; Gerin 8 = SNG München 585; SNG Copenhagen; </font></p><p><font size="3">Very rare.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Gerhard Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins, Ex Numismatik Naumann 97, lot 1025 (Jan. 6, 2020)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Next: A portrait coin of any of the 12 Olympian gods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in