• m13-167-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-167-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 167.0001
Date
79 AD - 81 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2005.0004
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Sardis
Issuers
Titus, T Fl Eisigonos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
167
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. laur. cuir. ΤΙΤΟ...ΟΡΟΣ; Reverse: Emperor sacrificing at altar EΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ΕICIΓONΟΥ.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 10.43g; Diameter: 23mm.
Comments
Johnston (2007 table 74) saw this as a 2 assaria coin; the diameter and weight do not fit comfortably into the table of denominations in RPC II p. 199, but RPC II: 1304, also minted under Titus at Hierapolis, does appear to be the same denomination as this coin.
See Also
Bibliography
RPC II suppl. 2: 1315a
Author
JDE

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