• m13-27-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-27-0001-20
    Reverse. (©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. 27.0001
Date
159 BC - 133 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2007.0196
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.
27
Site
Sardis
Sector
AT
Trench
AT-Pac 07.3
Locus
AT-PAC 07.3 Locus 5
B-Grid Coordinates
W256.4 / S1289.6 *113.75
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in helmet r.; Reverse: Trophy ΑΘΗΝΑΣ-ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, mg. indistinguishable.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 5.91g; Diameter: 22mm.
Comments
For dating, see note on no. 25; when from excavated contexts, they include Late Roman material. See Westermark 1995, series 5.
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Mysia, p. 130, nos. 172–182; M7 GR 56
Author
JDE

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