• m13-24-0002-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-24-0002-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit? of Pergamum

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 24.0002
Date
Ca. 215 BC - 175 BC? , Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1984.C84.0011
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
yes
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
24
Site
Sardis
Sector
ByzFort
Trench
ByzFort 84.8
B-Grid Coordinates
E678.25 / S327.6 *183.2
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in helmet r.; Reverse: Unc. rev., ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 2.49g; Diameter: 14mm.
Coin Countermark
Owl with wings outstretched, facing, 8-10 mm circle. On reverse. Possibly 2nd-1st century BC. cf SNG France 5:1695.
Comments
Westermark (1991) only lists Athena/coiled serpent with an owl countermark; these coins are likely to have had such a reverse. Countermark (Table App. 1.1) obliterates rev. type.
See Also
Bibliography
Cf. SNG France 2: 1695
Author
JDE

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