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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 Coin of Sardis
- Date
- End of the first - beginning of 2nd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1984.C84.0006
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 170
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/N
- Trench
- MMS/N 84.1
- Locus
- MMS/N 84.1 Locus 8
- B-Grid Coordinates
- / *99.622
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust of young Senate r. dr. IЄRA CYNΚΛΗΤΟC; Reverse: Hexastyle temple CAPΔIANΩN.
- Condition
- Eroded, pitted obverse, reverse good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.01g; Diameter: 19mm.
- Comments
- 170.4 comes from same dies as 170.3 and M7 GR 252. No coin comes from a datable context. Johnston’s earlier group (252) has clockwise legends, the letter form A and a reverse legend in two parts. Her later group (255) can have a clockwise or a counterclockwise broken legend on the obverse, with broken crossbar As. The reverse can have the legend broken in 2 or 3 places, with a broken crossbar A. When I returned to her series, I only found one coin with a clear broken crossbar A. However, the coins in her 252 series had temples with a disk in the pediment and acroteria. The coins she grouped in the other series (255), when the details could be ascertained, had either acroteria or disks, but not both. When As were visible, they appeared to be formed without the broken crossbar, save one. Hence, I have combined the two series that Johnston separated, as they appear to be part of a large issue, and the die cutters appear to have introduced variants on the initial design. RPC III reached the same conclusion, calling the coin Trajanic/Hadrianic.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC III: 2410
- Author
- JDE