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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)
Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 1 Assarion? of Sardis
- Date
- 197 AD - 213 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2004.0033
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- 1 Assarion?
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Julia Domna
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 186
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Wadi B
- Trench
- Wadi B 04.1
- Locus
- Wadi B 04.1 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E698.9 / S228.7 *135.26
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. dr. ΙΟΥΛΙΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ; Reverse: Zeus Lydios CAΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ.
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.64g; Diameter: 20mm.
- Comments
- Denominations for ca. 200-260 follow Johnston 2007 pp. 21-23. Butcher 2009 pp. 223-24 disagrees with this approach.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia p. 261 no. 157
- Author
- JDE