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Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
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.
- 1986.0030
- 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
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lion skin helmet r.; Reverse: Bow in case, club / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, beneath, torch.
- Condition
- Corroded in middle only
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.94g; 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