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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3383277, member: 84744&quot;]What an interesting coin!&nbsp; It would be great to find stronger evidence that it does in fact depict Themistokles.&nbsp; It would make sense, of course, since Magnesia ad Maeandrum was his headquarters after he fled Greece and was made governor by the Persian king.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my writeup on Themistokles from last year&#039;s Imperator tournament:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve since sold that coin, but I still have a Themistokles, this tiny silver with his monogram:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]898433[/ATTACH] </p><p>Magnesia ad Maeandum under Themistokles, 465-459 BCE, AR tetartemorion (5mm, 0.21g) Nollé and Wenninger Th 5b (though half the weight).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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