Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 1 1/2 Assaria of Smyrna
- Date
- 37 AD - 38 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1994.0128
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 1/2 Assaria
- Coin Mint
- Smyrna
- Issuers
- Caligula, C. Calpurnius Aviola and Menophanes
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 122
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 94.2
- Locus
- MMS/S 94.2 Locus 27
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E162.7 / S156.95 *107.17
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head r. laur. ΓAION KAICAPA ΓЄRMANIKON ЄΠI AOΥIOΛA; Reverse: Head of Germanicus confronting bust of Agrippina ΓЄRMANIKON AΓPIΠΠЄINAN Z (retrograde)MΥΡNAIΩN MHNOΦANHC.
- Condition
- Worn. Obverse head is corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.65g; Diameter: 21mm.
- Comments
- RPC I p. 418; Klose (1987) and Johnston (2007 table 74) agree on the denomination; this denomination typically has two portraits on the obverse. One example in Istanbul is recorded from the 1913 Sardis excavations (6848).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2471; Klose 1987 p. 219 no. XXIX
- Author
- JDE