Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 2 Assaria of Sardis
- Date
- 28 AD - 29 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1982.C82.0060
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 2 Assaria
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Germanicus, G. Asinius Pollio
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 154
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-II 82.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E136.63 / S78.88 *105.91
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Togate figures of Germanicus and Drusus seated l., legend restruck ΔΡΟΥΣΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑPΕΣ ΝΕΟΙ ΘΕΟΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΙ; Reverse: Oak and laurel wreath enclosing ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΑΣΙΑΣ, around flan ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΠΩ, restruck.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 12.87g; Diameter: 27mm.
- Comments
- The mint is given to Sardis by RPC I p. 487, over the objections of others, including Johnston (2007 p. 245 n. 392), based on the provenance of the coins. These four examples solidify the argument in RPC. For the denomination see RPC I p. 488; Johnston 2007 table 74; RPC II p. 199.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2995
- Author
- JDE