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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 Half unit of Probably Sardis
- Date
- 306 BC - ca. 280 BC?, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1993.0112
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Half unit
- Coin Mint
- Probably Sardis
- Issuers
- Lysimachus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- yes
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 9
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 93.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 93.1 Locus 42
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E114.9 / S147.04 *109.13
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in crested helmet r.; Reverse: Forepart of lion r. spearhead below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ.
- Condition
- Mineralized. Obv: good.
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.7g; Diameter: 16mm.
- Coin Monogram
- Monograms are common on this series. cf. BMC Tauric Chersonese, p. 195, no. 1? (on a different bronze denomination of Lysimachus).
- Comments
- For suggestion of mint, see Evans, forthcoming. mg. App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- M7 GR 3–6
- Author
- JDE