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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) -
Monogram. (©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.
- 1998.0058
- 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
- yes
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 26
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 98.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 98.1 Locus 331
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E146.82 / S117.4 *105.31
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Asklepios r.; Reverse: Snake coiled around omphalos ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ- ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ mg. App. 2.
- Condition
- Excellent
- Dimensions
- Weight: 6.96g; Diameter: 22mm.
- Coin Monogram
- No monogram noted in catalogs, but found in trade.
- Comments
- For dating, see note on no. 25; also only known from Late Roman contexts.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Mysia, p. 128, no. 158 var.; M7 GR 47–50 var.
- Author
- JDE