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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 Coin of Pergamum
- Date
- 197 BC - 59 BC or ca. 133 BC - 27 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1978.1663
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Coin Mint
- Pergamum
- Issuers
- Attalus II?
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- yes
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 25
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Asklepios r., magistrate’s name illegible; Reverse: Staff of Asklepios ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ-ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.45g; Diameter: 19 x 16mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Owl with wings folded, r., head facing, 7–8 mm circle. On reverse. Possibly 2nd-1st century BC.
- Comments
- BMC Mysia date is 197-159 BC; Johnston date is 133-27 BC; Johnston, in M7, followed von Fritze 1910 pp. 22-24 in seeing that these coins were no longer minted after the creation of the province of Asia. When findspot is known, contexts are Late Roman. cm. App 1.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Mysia, p. 128, nos. 150–157; M7 GR 43–46
- Author
- JDE