Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Half unit of Probably Sardis
- Date
- Late fourth century BC?/297-294 BC?, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1998.0011
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Half unit
- Coin Mint
- Probably Sardis
- Issuers
- Alexander III, successors to Alexander III
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 11
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 98.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 98.1 Locus 301
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E145.4 / S106.15 *106.1
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Macedonian shield, Gorgoneion as boss; Reverse: Macedonian helmet Β-Α, caduceus below l.
- Condition
- Corroded.
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.30g; Diameter: 16mm.
- Comments
- For suggestion of mint, see Evans in Kosmin and Berlin 2018. Note that Price (1991) suggested a mint in Salamis and a date of 323–315 BC; Mørkholm (1991, p. 60) suggested Miletus, minted by Cassander’s sons in 297–294. The one known context for this coin is Late Roman.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Price 1991: 3158; Mørkholm 1991: 73; M7 GR 22
- Author
- JDE