Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit of Probably Sardis
- Date
- 323 BC - 317 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2011.0009
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Unit
- Coin Mint
- Probably Sardis
- Issuers
- Philip III
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 14
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F49
- Trench
- F49 11.1
- Locus
- F49 11.1 Locus 88
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E847.5 / S399 *185.4
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lion skin helmet r.; Reverse: Rider galloping r. / ΦΙ, no symbol.
- Condition
- Corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.68g; Diameter: 19mm.
- Comments
- Price (1991 p. 117) noted that 11 [9 are listed in M7] other examples of this coin were found in the Sardis excavations, calling the mint in western Asia Minor “virtually certain”; cf. Ashton 1998 p. 45. For the suggestion of mint, see Evans, in Kosmin and Berlin 2018.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Price 1991, p. 126, no. P2; M7 GR 20–21
- Author
- JDE