Silver Drachm of Greek Magnesia, 465-459 BCE, 2

Silver Drachm of Greek Magnesia, 465-459 BCE, 2

Obverse--Grain of Barley

Reverse-- Theta Epsilon, possibly Themistocles. If so, the first live coin portrait.

Naval hero in the battle victories of Marathon, 490 BCE, and Artemisium and Salamis, 480 BCE, against the Persian forces of Xerxes.

Tap center for reverse.

Tap 6 oclock for maps of Artemisium-N. Euboea Is.-

and Salamis Island.