• m13-121-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-121-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Phocaea

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 121.0001
Date
244 AD - 249 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1989.C89.0001
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Phocaea
Issuers
Phocaea
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
121
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS/W 89.1
Locus
MMS/W 89.1 Locus 19
B-Grid Coordinates
E104.52 / S74.06 *102.84
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust of Tyche r. turreted ΦΩΚΕΑ; Reverse: Galley with caps of Dioskouroi over top ΦΩΚΑΙΩΝ.
Condition
Good, a little pitted
Dimensions
Weight: 3.7g; Diameter: 17mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Ionia, p. 219, nos. 118–121; M7 GR 109
Author
JDE

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