BCE 0057 - 0053 Apameia ad Maeandrum Phrygia Artemis / Marsyas Plays Flute

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Sean Massey & Loren Couch Collections

Name/Title

BCE 0057 - 0053 Apameia ad Maeandrum Phrygia Artemis / Marsyas Plays Flute

Description

Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 57 - 53 B.C. GB117552. Bronze AE 16, BMC Phrygia p. 80, 62; SNGvA 3473, SNG Cop 192; HGC 7 674, VF, high relief, green patina, 3.904g, 15.5mm, 0°, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder behind; reverse satyr Marsyas walking right on a meander pattern, nude but for nebris (skin of a fawn) tied on his neck and flying behind, playing Athena's double flute, AAMERN (Greek: of the Apameans) downward on right, ATTAAOY / BIANOPOZ (Greek: [magistrate] Attalos, son of Bianor) in two downward lines on left

Create Date

August 4, 2026

Update Date

August 4, 2026