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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.
- 2013.0009
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 Assarion
- Coin Mint
- Smyrna
- Issuers
- Aulos Gessios Philopatris
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 124
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F49
- Trench
- F49 13.1
- Locus
- F49 13.1 Locus 118
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E849.5 - E851.8 / S399.5 - S401.2 *185.25 - *185.22
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust of Senate r. ΘЄΟΝ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ ΖΜΥ; Reverse: Flattened and obscured by graffito of lion.
- Condition
- Worn with grafitto on reverse
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.53g; Diameter: 17mm.
- Comments
- Denomination suggested by RPC I p. 418; Klose (1987) preferred a half. See discussion of this coin in Evans section 2.3.1.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2481; Klose 1987 p. 129 no. II
- Author
- JDE