Lot 3190

Thessaly / Magnetes - AE Tetrassarion (11.76 g) - ΝΕΡΩΝ KAICAP Bare head of Nero to right / CEBACTOC ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ Radiate head right (RPC 1422A, 'unique') - brown with some red patina, Fine. RPC: only one example, so this piece is extremely rare, second known? The Magnetes (an ancient Greek tribe originating from Magnesia) appeared in Homer's Iliad as part of the Greek army that besieged Troy. Later they founded Magnesia on the Maeander and Magnesia ad Sipylum (Anatolia).