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Electrum third-stater, obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Electrum third-stater, reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Electrum Third-Stater
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 18
- Date
- Ca. 630-560 BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 24300
- Museum Inventory No.
- 24300
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2009.0005
- Material
- Electrum
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Third stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- Has Control Mark
- Has Monogram
- Has Countermark
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 1
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AC
- Trench
- Ac-FT 09.1
- Locus
- Ac-FT 08.1 Locus 7
- Description
- Electrum third-stater. Obverse: roaring lion head, facing right, with “hairy nose wart.” Reverse: two incuse punches. Good condition. Weight 4.75 g, diameter 11 x 13 mm.
- Comments
- Similar to, but different die from, No. 17, found in the same context on the Acropolis. Analysis by Dr. Bülent Önay showed a very similar composition of the interior and surface.
- See Also
- Kroll, “Coins of Sardis”; Cahill, “City of Sardis”. See also: M13 Cat. 1.0002
- Bibliography
- Cahill et al. 2020
- Author
- NDC