• m13-16-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-16-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Quarter unit of Probably Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 16.0001
Date
336 BC - 300 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2008.0023
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Quarter unit
Coin Mint
Probably Sardis
Issuers
Alexander III, successors of Alexander III
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
17
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lionskin helmet r.; Reverse: Bow in case/club, no symbol.
Condition
Worn, corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 1.57g; Diameter: 11mm.
Comments
For suggestion of mint, see Evans, in Kosmin and Berlin 2018. Price (1991) assigned the coin to an unspecified mint.
See Also
Bibliography
Price 1991: 267; M7 GR 18
Author
JDE

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