Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Pergamum
- Date
- 197 BC - 59 BC or ca. 133 BC - 27 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1994.0174
- 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
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 25
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 94.2
- Locus
- MMS/S 94.2 Locus 28
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E163 / S158 *106.88
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Asklepios r., magistrate’s name illegible; Reverse: Staff of Asklepios ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ-ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ.
- Condition
- Very corroded, pitted
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.16g; Diameter: 16mm.
- 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.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Mysia, p. 128, nos. 150–157; M7 GR 43–46
- Author
- JDE