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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 1 Assarion of Smyrna
- Date
- 54 AD - 59 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1983.0045
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 Assarion
- Coin Mint
- Smyrna
- Issuers
- Nero, Aulos Gessios Philopatris
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 123
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 83.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 83.1 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. E98.88 / S111 *103.44
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Nero r. laur. confronting bust of Agrippina, NЄPΩΝΑ ΣЄΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ΣЄΒΑΣΤΗΝ; Reverse: Winged Nemesis advancing r. holding caduceus, snake at foot, uncertain legend.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.08g; Diameter: 18mm.
- Comments
- Edges chiseled off. Denomination according to RPC I p. 418 and Johnston 2007 table 74; Klose (1987) preferred 1 1/2 assaria. Clipped.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2478-9; Klose 1987 p. 228 no. XXXIII
- Author
- JDE