Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit of Probably Sardis
- Date
- 336 BC - 323 BC?, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1990.0292
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Unit
- Coin Mint
- Probably Sardis
- Issuers
- Alexander III, successors of Alexander III
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 15
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 90.1
- Locus
- MMS-I 90.1 Locus 114
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E154 / S61.5 *100.05
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lion skin helmet r.; Reverse: Bow in case/club ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, below, cup.
- Condition
- Worn, mineralized
- Dimensions
- Weight: 6.64g; Diameter: 19mm.
- Comments
- Field notes suggest cup not certain, now completely corroded. Price (1991) noted that three examples were found from the Sardis excavations, but M7 lists only one; cf. Ashton 1998, p. 45, agreeing with mint. Price assigned the coin to an unspeci ed mint.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Price 1991: 325; M7 GR 11
- Author
- JDE