• m13-44-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-44-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-44-0001-99
    Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Larger denomination of Smyrna

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 44.0001
Date
240 BC - 230 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1977.1446
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Larger denomination
Coin Mint
Smyrna
Issuers
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
yes
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
44
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Turreted head of Cybele r.; Reverse: Tripod SMΥΡNΑ, mg. App. 2, grain of wheat.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 3.74g; Diameter: 18mm.
Coin Monogram
Milne 1923, no. 34 suggested this monogram was for a magistrate named Pyrrhos.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Milne 1923: Type F, no. 34 (period V)
Author
JDE

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