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Electrum sixth-stater, no. AMM 1610-49/17, from hoard of electrum coins. Obverse. Bellinger no. 27. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Electrum sixth-stater, no. AMM 1610-49/17, from hoard of electrum coins. Reverse. Bellinger no. 27. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Hoard of Electrum Coins: Electrum Sixth-Stater
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 24_27
- Date
- Ca. 610-560 BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, 1610-49/17
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1610-49/17
- Material
- Electrum
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Sixth stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- Has Control Mark
- Has Monogram
- Has Countermark
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- Site
- Gordion
- Description
- One electrum coin of sixth-stater weight (Gordion inventory number 1104). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: single punch. Weight 2.35 g.
- Comments
- See No. 24.1-24.26. The two reverse punches of this coin are the same as those of a coin from the Artemision at Ephesus, which bears traces of an inscription, probably “WALWET” or Alyattes (Weidauer 1975, no. 103); the obverse may or may not have had this inscription; it is not preserved on the coin (Wallace 2006, 40).
- See Also
- Kroll, “Coins of Sardis”.
- Bibliography
- Young 1964, 283, fig. 13; Bellinger 1968; Weidauer 1975, no. 104; Wallace 2006, 40; forthcoming study by K. Harl.
- Author
- NDC