Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Pergamum
- Date
- 159 BC - 133 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2012.0005
- 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.
- 27
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F49
- Trench
- F49 12.2
- Locus
- F49 12.2 Locus 27
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E851.05 / S403.8 *186.6
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Athena in helmet r.; Reverse: Trophy ΑΘΗΝΑΣ-ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, mg. indistinguishable.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.46g; Diameter: 18mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Owl with wings folded, r., head facing, 5 mm circle. On reverse. Possibly 2nd-1st century BC.
- Comments
- For dating, see note on no. 25; when from excavated contexts, they include Late Roman material. See Westermark 1995, series 5. cm. App. 1 rev. type obscure.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Mysia, p. 130, nos. 172–182; M7 GR 56
- Author
- JDE