Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Larger denomination of Smyrna

Date
75 BC - 50 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1978.1599
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Larger denomination
Coin Mint
Smyrna
Issuers
Metrodoros
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
46
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Turreted head of Cybele r.; Reverse: Statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ-Δ-ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 5.19g; Diameter: 18mm.
Comments
Dated by Milne (1928).
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Ionia, p. 240, no. 27; Milne 1928: Type M
Author
JDE