• m13-18-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-18-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Unit of Probably Sardis

Date
323 BC - 310 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1986.C86.0002
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Unit
Coin Mint
Probably Sardis
Issuers
Philip III, Antigonus I
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
18
Site
Sardis
Sector
ByzFort
Trench
ByzFort 86.12
Locus
ByzFort 86.12 Locus 2
B-Grid Coordinates
E659 / S346.7 *193.7
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lion skin helmet r.; Reverse: Bow in case, club / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, beneath, torch.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 6.23g; Diameter: 20mm.
Comments
Price (1991) suggested a mint in western Asia Minor. For the suggestion of mint, see Evans, in Kosmin and Berlina 2018.
See Also
Bibliography
Price 1991: 2800
Author
JDE