Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit of Pergamum

Date
Ca. 215 BC - early second century BC?, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1996.0148
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Unit
Coin Mint
Pergamum
Issuers
Attalus II
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
23
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 96.2
Locus
MMS/S 96.2 Locus 47
B-Grid Coordinates
E100.1 / S123.562 *109.552
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Helm. head of Athena r.; Reverse: Coiled serpent ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, mg.
Condition
Worn and very corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 3.49g; Diameter: 15mm.
Comments
Note that Mørkholm (1991 p. 129) suggested that coins with the name of Philetairos should primarily date to the 3rd century, though he does not exclude a minting date in the early 2nd century. See also Westermark 1991 p. 152 for the date given above; Chameroy (2012, p. 141) agrees with this date. Two of these coins came from lots that were dated to the 1st century BC to the first half of the 1st century AD; others came from Late Roman or unstratified contexts. mg. illeg.
See Also
Bibliography
Westermark 1991: 14; M7 GR 34–40
Author
JDE