• m13-25-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-25-0001-20
    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