• m13-768-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-768-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Late Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy AE2 of Heraclea

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 768.0001
Date
378 AD - 383 AD, Late Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1983.0151
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
AE2
Coin Mint
Heraclea
Issuers
Arcadius
Officina
Has Mint Mark
yes
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
768
Site
Sardis
Sector
ByzFort
Trench
ByzFort 83.4
B-Grid Coordinates
E657.45 - E659.25 / S343.13 - S344.2 *186.08 - *186.03
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust pd., cuir., dr., spear, shield, above, hand of God holding wreath DNARCADIVSPFAVG; Reverse: Emperor standing facing holding a labarum in his r. hand, and shield down in l., at l. captive sits gazing at emperor GLORIA ROMANORVM, in ex. SMH[.].
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
Weight: 4.00g; Diameter: 25mm.
Mint mark
SMH
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
RIC IX, p. 195, no. 12
Author
JDE

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