ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK Ionia, Magnesia of the Meander. Tetradrachma in the name of Erasippos, son of Aristeos ND (155-145 BC), Magnesia of the Meander. Av. Bust of Artemis right, hair adorned with stephanè, with quiver and bow on shoulder. Rv. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ. Nude Apollo, standing left, leaning with left arm on tripod, holding strip with right hand; below his feet a meander; all within laurel wreath. N. F. Jones, ANS MN 24 (1979) 26-28; Silver - 16.85 g - 31 mm - 12 h NGC Ch XF 5/5 5/5 Fine Style (8585318-005). A fine blank, with a strike that is barely offset downwards. The patina is grey with golden highlights. Superb. In his study of Magnesian stephanophoric coins, Jones recorded a total of 36 different obverse corners of widely varying artistic quality. The reverses show that the minting was organised by a duumvirate of Magnesian magistrates, eight of whom have been identified to date: Pausanias, son of Euphemus / Apollodorus, son of Callicrates / Euphemus, son of Pausanias / Pausanias, son of Pausanias / Heregnetos, son of Zopyrion / Erasippos, son of Aristeos / Aristocrates, son of Andron / Pythodoros, son of Demokrates. The obverse corners are shared with several reverses, and several treasures, which are well dated, allow these coins to be dated to around 145 BC. These mints were perhaps initiated by the Attalids to support the claims to the throne of Antiochus VI, the son of Alexander Balas.