Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Half unit of Miletus?
- Date
- 317 BC - 300 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1999.0026
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Half unit
- Coin Mint
- Miletus?
- 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.
- 12
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 99.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 99.1 Locus 368
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E143.8 / S116 *104.16
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Macedonian shield with thunderbolt as boss; Reverse: Macedonian helmet Β-Α.
- Condition
- Worn, corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.10g; Diameter: 17mm.
- Comments
- Ashton (1998, p. 45) suggested Miletus as the mint, due to provenance of the coins and die axis.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Price 1991: 397; SNG Cop: 1119–1121
- Author
- JDE