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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 Sardis
- Date
- 10 BC - 14 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1993.0001
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 Assarion
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Augustus, Diodorus Hermaphilos
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 145
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-III 93.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E96.2 / S92.5 *103.3
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head r. bare ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY; Reverse: Zeus Lydios standing l. ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙΟΔΟΡΟΥ ΕΡΜΟΘΙΛOΥ.
- Condition
- Good; a bit eroded on obverse.
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.2g; Diameter: 19mm.
- Comments
- Rev. legends of 147.2 and 147.7 clearly end in -OY. For denomination, for the Augustan through Flavian period, see note under Evans type 152.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2986
- Author
- JDE