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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 1/2 Assaria of Sardis
- Date
- 70 AD - 73 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1983.0060
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 1/2 Assaria
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- T. Clodius M. f. Eprius Marcellus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 163
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 83.B
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E145.77 / S74.26 *103.25
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in helmet l. ЄΠI TI KΛΑ(Υ) ΦΙΛ(Є)ΙΝΟΥ CTPA; Reverse: Tetrastyle temple, nothing in pediment CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΜΑΡΚЄΛΛΟΥ to l. ligatured TO, to r. B, in ex. ΕΠΙ.
- Condition
- Worn, corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.42g; Diameter: 22mm.
- Comments
- RPC I p. 488 “Exclusions” no. 4 noted Imhoof-Blumer (1890 p. 198 no. 616) misread the overstriking sequence of the coin; RPC authors dated the coin to the Flavian, not Neronian, period. The denomination is given as 1 1/2 assaria (RPC I p. 488; Johnston 2007 table 74) or 1 assarion (RPC II p. 199). Note the stylistic similarity to coins of Ilion. Possibly overstruck.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC II: 1306
- Author
- JDE