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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) -
Gold and silver croeseids from under pavement of recess and by skull of skeleton (nos. 2.1, 4.1, 5.1). Obverses. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Gold and silver croeseids from under pavement of recess and by skull of skeleton (nos. 2.1, 4.1, 5.1). Reverses. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Gold and silver croeseids from under pavement of recess and by skull of skeleton (nos. 2.1, 4.1, 5.1). Obverses, on finger. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Gold and silver croeseids from under pavement of recess and by skull of skeleton (nos. 2.1, 4.1, 5.1). Reverses, on finger. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Lydian Gold Twelfth stater
- Date
- Ca. 580-547 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2002.0002
- Material
- Gold
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Twelfth stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Croesus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 2
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-III 02.2
- Locus
- MMS-III 02.2 Locus 2
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E107.4 / S99.2 *100.27
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Forepart of roaring lion r. confronting bull head l.; Reverse: Double incuse punch.
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 0.89g; Diameter: 7.2 x 6 (2mm thick)mm.
- Comments
- Konuk 2012, pp. 49–50; Naster’s (1965) Massive Style; Carradice’s (1987) Early Style; Nimchuck’s (2000) Type B. Somewhat worn or struck with worn die, details obscured. This coin was found in a recess of the Lydian fortfication, beneath debris from the Persian sack of the city, see Cahill and Kroll 2005; analysis of the date of the sack of Sardis in Wallace 2016.
- See Also
- See also: LATW Cat. 27
- Bibliography
- SNG Munich 23: 9
- Author
- JDE