Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Sardis
- Date
- 14 AD - 37 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1980.C80.0074
- 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
- LAW
- Trench
- LAW 31 80.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E75 - E77 / S332 - S333
- 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
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.91g; Diameter: 15mm.
- 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