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| Phrygia. Apameia. Attalos Bianoros as eglogistes Æ19 / Marsyas |
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Attribution: BMC 92
Date: 133-48 BC
Obverse: Turreted head of Artemis-Tyche right, with bow and quiver over shoulder
Reverse: AΠAMEÆ ATTΛO BIANOPOΣ, naked Marsyas walking right, playing double flute, magistrate to left
Size: 19.44mm
Weight: 4.75 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: VF. Usually Tyche is depicted with a turreted crown, here it is Artemis as Tyche. Marsyas was a satyr who challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost both the contest and his life.
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