Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Sardis
- Date
- 14 AD - 37 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1996.0067
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Opinas and Akiamos
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 150
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MD2
- Trench
- MD2 96.1
- Locus
- MD2 96.1 Locus 14
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E460.75 / N180.02 *91.93
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. ΟΠΙΝΑΣ ΑΚΙΑMΟΣ; Reverse: Apollo standing l., holding hawk in r. and laurel in l. in wreath ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ.
- Condition
- Very worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.35g; Diameter: 16mm.
- Comments
- RPC I p. 487 calls this a "smaller" assarion, modeled on the Hellenistic coin of similar types; Johnston (2007 table 74) prefers "?tetrachalkon," but also noting earlier denomination.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2990
- Author
- JDE