Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Medium denomination of Sardis

Date
Ca. 245/220 BC - 2nd c BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1993.0139
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
yes
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
52
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 93.1
Locus
MMS/S 93.1 Locus 45
B-Grid Coordinates
E117.5 / S145.75 *107.87
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r.; Reverse: Nude Apollo holding hawk ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, mg. at l.
Condition
Completely worn
Dimensions
Weight: 6.3g; Diameter: 21mm.
Coin Countermark
Knobby club, 3 by 5–7 mm oval. On obverse. 2nd century BC? Sardis. cf. M7 GR 208, 216, 233.
Comments
Tends to have a thick flan, reverse is concave. Prob. Herakles/Apollo, due to concave rev. and module, but all illeg.; cm. App. 1.
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Lydia, p. 239, nos. 22–36; M7 GR 199–227
Author
JDE