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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)
Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Ephesus
- Date
- 161 AD - 180 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1979.1940
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Coin Mint
- Ephesus
- Issuers
- Marcus Aurelius, Ephesus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 115
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- EH
- Trench
- EH 79.1
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. laur. cuir. AY MAY ANTΩΝEINOC; Reverse: Cult statues of Artemis Ephesia and Sardian Kore ΕΦΕСΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΙΑ (all except final word retrograde).
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 22.84g; Diameter: 32mm.
- Comments
- Alliance coin of Ephesus and Sardis.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Ionia, p. 112, no. 416; RPC IV: temp. no. 9709; M7 GR 90
- Author
- JDE