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Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 1 Assarion of Sardis
- Date
- 60 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1980.C80.0223
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 Assarion
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Nero, Mindios
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 156
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- LAW
- Trench
- LAW 31 80.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E75 - E77 / S331 - S332
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head r. laur. ΝΕPΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ; Reverse: Dionysos standing left with kantharos and long thyrsos. At feet, panther. ligatured ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β; ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ.
- Condition
- Fair
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.01g; Diameter: 16mm.
- Comments
- Denomination suggested in RPC II p. 199.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2997
- Author
- JDE