• m13-52-0028-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-52-0028-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Medium denomination of Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 52.0028
Date
Ca. 245/220 BC - 2nd c BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1975.1398
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Medium denomination
Coin Mint
Sardis
Issuers
various magistrates
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
52
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r.; Reverse: Nude Apollo holding hawk ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, mg. at l.
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
Weight: 6.70g; Diameter: 17mm.
Comments
Tends to have a thick flan, reverse is concave.
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Lydia, p. 239, nos. 22–36; M7 GR 199–227
Author
JDE

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