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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) -
Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Small denomination of Sardis
- Date
- Second - first century BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1985.0196
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Small denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- various magistrates
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- yes
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 56
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- ByzFort
- Trench
- ByzFort 85.11
- Locus
- ByzFort 85.11 Locus 3
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E679.5 / S341.5 *193.24
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Dionysos r.; Reverse: Horned panther with broken spear l. ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, monograms.
- Condition
- Broken and worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.33g; Diameter: 18mm.
- Coin Monogram
- BMC Lydia, p. 241, no. 42; Bell 1916, no. 258.
- Comments
- mg. App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia p. 241 nos. 40-44; M7 GR 235–37
- Author
- JDE