• m13-26-0002-99
    Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Pergamum

    Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 26.0002
    Date
    197 BC - 59 BC or ca. 133 BC - 27 BC, Hellenistic
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    1998.0059
    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
    E146.7 / S117.5 *105.22
    Description
    This coin type: Obverse: Head of Asklepios r.; Reverse: Snake coiled around omphalos ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ- ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ mg. App. 2.
    Condition
    Worn but excellent.
    Dimensions
    Weight: 6.69g; 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

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