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Obverse (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Reverse (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Lydian Silver Twenty-fourth stater
- Date
- Ca. 580-547 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1989.0018
- Material
- Silver
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Twenty-fourth stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Croesus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 4
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 89.B
- Locus
- MMS/S 89.B Locus 13
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E105.3 / S137.5
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Forepart of roaring lion r. confronting head of bull l.; Reverse: Single punch incuse.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 0.22g; Diameter: 6mm.
- Comments
- Naster’s (1975) Massive Style; Carradice’s (1987) Early Style; Nimchuk’s (2000) Type B. 5.2 is from a much later archaeological context and is worn; coin not seen by me, and assigned here because of module (pictures unhelpful). .
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Carradice 1987 pl. 10.5; SNG Turk 1: 1022
- Author
- JDE