• m13-127-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-127-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Smyrna

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 127.0001
Date
First or second century AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2012.0016
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Smyrna
Issuers
Ameon?
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
127
Site
Sardis
Sector
F49
Trench
F49 12.3
Locus
F49 12.3 Locus 73
B-Grid Coordinates
E835.52 / S349.25 *183.65
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of Dionysos (?) r. with low bun and one lock trailing down neck, wreathed?; behind head, l. to r. vertically, A?MEΩΝ; Reverse: Amphora with upright handles, to r. NMYP and to l. top down IΑΝΩΝ, vertically.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 7.57g; Diameter: 24mm.
Comments
Not previously published? N is sic for Z. The diameter and weight conform to the 1 1/2 or 2 assaria of Smyrna in the 1st century.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
JDE

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