• m13-106-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-106-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 1 Assarion? of Pergamum

Date
4 AD - 14 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1996.0139
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
1 Assarion?
Coin Mint
Pergamum
Issuers
Augustus, M Plautius Silvanus and Demophon
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
106
Site
Sardis
Sector
MD2
Trench
MD2 96.1
Locus
MD2 96.1 Locus 41
B-Grid Coordinates
E459.4 / N179.03 *91.42
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Male figure crowning togate figure ΣΙΛBANON ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΟΙ; Reverse: Tetrastyle temple in which stands a statue of Augustus holding a spear in r. hand ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΔΕΜΟΦΩΝ.
Condition
Worn, corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 4.29g; Diameter: 20mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
RPC I: 2364; M7 GR 61
Author
JDE