• m13-67-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-67-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Quadrans of Rome

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 67.0001
Date
Ca. 211 BC - 208 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1990.C90.0007
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Quadrans
Coin Mint
Rome
Issuers
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
67
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 90.C
Locus
MMS/S 90.C Locus 17
B-Grid Coordinates
E113.2 / S142 *109.95
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r., three dots; Reverse: Prow r., three dots ROMA.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 6.32g; Diameter: 20mm.
Comments
This was a highly varied series, with weights ranging from ca. 4 to ca. 12 grams. Crawford (1974) gives a date of “after 211 BC,” but the series was not likely struck much after, as the word “Roma” shifts to the bottom of the flan after that date.
See Also
Bibliography
RRC: 56.5
Author
JDE

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