Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 1 1/2 Assaria of Smyrna
- Date
- 241 AD - 244 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1987.C87.0005
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 1/2 Assaria
- Coin Mint
- Smyrna
- Issuers
- Tranquillina
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 130
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 87.C
- Locus
- MMS-I 87.C Locus 54
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E158.7 / S57.9 *102.7
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. dr. ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛЄΙΝΑ C; Reverse: Hercules standing with kantharos and club CMΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ-NЄΩΚΩΡΟΝ.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.42g; Diameter: 22mm.
- Comments
- Denomination suggested by Johnston 2007 table 4b; Klose (1987) preferred 2 assaria: RPC VII.1 p. 83 as next-to-smallest denomination, without valuing in assaria.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Klose 1987 p. 310 no. LXXI Series B; RPC VII.1: 315
- Author
- JDE