Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit of Probably Sardis
- Date
- 323 BC - 317 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1989.0193
- 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
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-II 89.1
- Locus
- MMS-II 89.1 Locus 18
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E145.87 / S81.3 *103.65
- 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: 5.42g; Diameter: 18mm.
- 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