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    "label": "Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia",
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    "title": "Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia",
    "description": "The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath. Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Meander River.",
    "date": "155–145 BCE",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)",
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            "inscription": "MAGNETON EROGNETOS ZOPURIONOS",
            "inscription_translation": "Erognetos [Son] of Zopyrion of Magnesia",
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    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:42:18.668000",
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