Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, 249-251 AD., Trajan Decius, magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, AE 30.
Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, Trajan Decius, issued by magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, strategos, 249-251 AD.
AE 30 (30 mm, 10,46 g.),
Obv.: AY K [...] TPAIANOC ΔЄ[KIO]C , radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev.: ЄΠCTP APTE-MA ΜΑΓ[NHTWN?] / CΙΠV , Nike standing left, crowning trophy.
unlisted in online databases , probably SNG Fitzwilliam 4865 ; for Magistrate see Münsterberg p. 141
The revers appears also under Caracalla, Septimius Severus, Commodus and Philipp II. It has probably to do with games held at Magnesia - we know about Enmonideia, Hadrianeia, Antonea and Olympia, which were celebrated by the Magnesians in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna on the north slope of Mount Sipylus at the bank of the river Hermos, overlooking the plain of the lower Hermos.
Nowadays its ruins lie close to present day Manisa in Turkey.
Magnesia belonged to the Seleucid kingdom but no mention of the town is found till 190 BC, when Antiochus III. (the Great) was defeated in the battle of Magnesia under its walls by the Roman consul Lucius Scipio Asiaticus and his allies of the Pergamene kingdom.
It then passed under Attalid rule. Its earliest coins, characterized by various monograms, seem to belong to this period.
The city issued quasi-autonomous and Imperial coins from the reign of Augustus to Salonina.
It became a city of importance under the Roman dominion and, though nearly destroyed by an earthquake in the reign of Tiberius, was restored by that emperor and flourished through the Roman empire. It was one of the few towns in this part of Asia Minor which remained prosperous under the Turkish rule.
The most famous relic of antiquity is the Niobe of Sipylus (Suratlu Tash) on the lowest slopes of the mountain about 6 km east of the town. This is a colossal seated image cut in a niche of the rock, of Hittite origin, and perhaps that called by Pausanias the very ancient statue of the Mother of the Gods, carved by Broteas, son of Tantalus, and sung by Homer. Near it lie many remains of a primitive city, and about a kilometer east is the rock-seat conjecturally identified with Pausanias' Throne of Pelops. There are also hot springs and a sacred grotto of Apollo. The whole site seems to be that of the early Tantalus city.
(thanks to Steve Minnoch and Dapsul, successfully supporting the identification)
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![Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, 249-251 AD., Trajan Decius, magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, AE 30.
Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, Trajan Decius, issued by magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, strategos, 249-251 AD.
AE 30 (30 mm, 10,46 g.),
Obv.: AY K [...] TPAIANOC ΔЄ[KIO]C , radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev.: ЄΠCTP APTE-MA ΜΑΓ[NHTWN?] / CΙΠV , Nike standing left, crowning trophy.
unlisted in online databases , probably SNG Fitzwilliam 4865 ; for Magistrate see Münsterberg p. 141
The revers appears also under Caracalla, Septimius Severus, Commodus and Philipp II. It has probably to do with games held at Magnesia - we know about Enmonideia, Hadrianeia, Antonea and Olympia, which were celebrated by the Magnesians in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna on the north slope of Mount Sipylus at the bank of the river Hermos, overlooking the plain of the lower Hermos.
Nowadays its ruins lie close to present day Manisa in Turkey.
Magnesia belonged to the Seleucid kingdom but no mention of the town is found till 190 BC, when Antiochus III. (the Great) was defeated in the battle of Magnesia under its walls by the Roman consul Lucius Scipio Asiaticus and his allies of the Pergamene kingdom.
It then passed under Attalid rule. Its earliest coins, characterized by various monograms, seem to belong to this period.
The city issued quasi-autonomous and Imperial coins from the reign of Augustus to Salonina.
It became a city of importance under the Roman dominion and, though nearly destroyed by an earthquake in the reign of Tiberius, was restored by that emperor and flourished through the Roman empire. It was one of the few towns in this part of Asia Minor which remained prosperous under the Turkish rule.
The most famous relic of antiquity is the Niobe of Sipylus (Suratlu Tash) on the lowest slopes of the mountain about 6 km east of the town. This is a colossal seated image cut in a niche of the rock, of Hittite origin, and perhaps that called by Pausanias the very ancient statue of the Mother of the Gods, carved by Broteas, son of Tantalus, and sung by Homer. Near it lie many remains of a primitive city, and about a kilometer east is the rock-seat conjecturally identified with Pausanias' Throne of Pelops. There are also hot springs and a sacred grotto of Apollo. The whole site seems to be that of the early Tantalus city.
(thanks to Steve Minnoch and Dapsul, successfully supporting the identification)
Schlüsselwörter: Magnesia Sipylum Trajan Decius Nike Trophy Magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos Strategos](images/image.gif?id=1613828832521 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, 249-251 AD., Trajan Decius, magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, AE 30.
Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia, Trajan Decius, issued by magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos, strategos, 249-251 AD.
AE 30 (30 mm, 10,46 g.),
Obv.: AY K [...] TPAIANOC ΔЄ[KIO]C , radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev.: ЄΠCTP APTE-MA ΜΑΓ[NHTWN?] / CΙΠV , Nike standing left, crowning trophy.
unlisted in online databases , probably SNG Fitzwilliam 4865 ; for Magistrate see Münsterberg p. 141
The revers appears also under Caracalla, Septimius Severus, Commodus and Philipp II. It has probably to do with games held at Magnesia - we know about Enmonideia, Hadrianeia, Antonea and Olympia, which were celebrated by the Magnesians in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna on the north slope of Mount Sipylus at the bank of the river Hermos, overlooking the plain of the lower Hermos.
Nowadays its ruins lie close to present day Manisa in Turkey.
Magnesia belonged to the Seleucid kingdom but no mention of the town is found till 190 BC, when Antiochus III. (the Great) was defeated in the battle of Magnesia under its walls by the Roman consul Lucius Scipio Asiaticus and his allies of the Pergamene kingdom.
It then passed under Attalid rule. Its earliest coins, characterized by various monograms, seem to belong to this period.
The city issued quasi-autonomous and Imperial coins from the reign of Augustus to Salonina.
It became a city of importance under the Roman dominion and, though nearly destroyed by an earthquake in the reign of Tiberius, was restored by that emperor and flourished through the Roman empire. It was one of the few towns in this part of Asia Minor which remained prosperous under the Turkish rule.
The most famous relic of antiquity is the Niobe of Sipylus (Suratlu Tash) on the lowest slopes of the mountain about 6 km east of the town. This is a colossal seated image cut in a niche of the rock, of Hittite origin, and perhaps that called by Pausanias the very ancient statue of the Mother of the Gods, carved by Broteas, son of Tantalus, and sung by Homer. Near it lie many remains of a primitive city, and about a kilometer east is the rock-seat conjecturally identified with Pausanias' Throne of Pelops. There are also hot springs and a sacred grotto of Apollo. The whole site seems to be that of the early Tantalus city.
(thanks to Steve Minnoch and Dapsul, successfully supporting the identification)
Schlüsselwörter: Magnesia Sipylum Trajan Decius Nike Trophy Magistrate Aurelius Artema Menemax Laianos Strategos")