• m13-218-0002-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-218-0002-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Denarius

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 218.0002
Date
2 BC - 14 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1978.1654
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Denarius
Coin Mint
Uncertain Mint
Issuers
imitation Augustan
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
218
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. laur. CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PΛTRIΛE; Reverse: Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, between shields and spear; above, lituus and simpulum ΛVGVSTI F COS DESIG.
Condition
Pierced (rev would hang upside down; Augustus sideways), worn
Dimensions
Weight: 3.03g; Diameter: 19mm.
Comments
Imitation of Augustan type from Lugdunum mint (nice style). Plated, traces of silver on both sides. RIC XII p. 55 n. 205 and ff. Sutherland (1984) notes that unbarred ‘A’s are normal for the entire series and “imitations are of widespread provenance.”. Pierced for attachment.
See Also
Bibliography
After RIC I(²) p. 56 no. 210
Author
JDE

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