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Control Mark. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Silver Drachm of Antioch on the Orontes?
- Date
- 244 BC - 226 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1993.0147
- Material
- Silver
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Drachm
- Coin Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes?
- Issuers
- Seleucus II
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- yes
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 82
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-III 93.1
- Locus
- MMS-III 93.1 Locus 29
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E91.31 / S82.95 *101.36
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in crested Attic helmet r.; Reverse: Apollo standing resting on bow, holding arrow ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ-ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.7g; Diameter: 17mm.
- Control mark
Houghton and Lorber 2002 does not list this control mark.- Comments
- C/m App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- cf. Houghton and Lorber 2002: 691, not listed with this C/m
- Author
- JDE