Person
Name	Magas
	Second magistrate attested in Athens in 114/113 BC. Probably from Marathon. Evidence for this name is rare in Athens, only one person is known: Magas, father of Megallis, who donated a dedication for the Egyptian deities (Habicht 1991, p. 9). Lit.: M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) nos. 948-668 / issue 51 (p. 573); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des Neuen Stils, Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 5 and 9 (114/113 BC); Prosopographia Attica 9650; P. M. Fraser - E. Matthews, A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 295 s. v. Magas (under Athens, no particular deme), no. 2; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 655 s. v. Magas.
Types	Magistrate (Ant)
	http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V2-43319
Nomisma	https://nomisma.org/id/magas_athens
Permalink	https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/9325
created	10.05.2024
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Person

Name

Magas

Second magistrate attested in Athens in 114/113 BC. Probably from Marathon. Evidence for this name is rare in Athens, only one person is known: Magas, father of Megallis, who donated a dedication for the Egyptian deities (Habicht 1991, p. 9).

Lit.: M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) nos. 948-668 / issue 51 (p. 573); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des Neuen Stils, Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 5 and 9 (114/113 BC); Prosopographia Attica 9650; P. M. Fraser - E. Matthews, A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 295 s. v. Magas (under Athens, no particular deme), no. 2; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 655 s. v. Magas.

Types

Magistrate (Ant)

http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V2-43319

Nomisma

https://nomisma.org/id/magas_athens

Permalink

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/9325

created

10.05.2024

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