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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)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Large denomination of Sardis
- Date
- Ca. 245/220 BC - 2nd c BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1983.0037
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Large denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- various magistrates
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- yes
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 51
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-II 83.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E132.98 / S83.6 *105.25
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Turreted veiled bust of Tyche r.; Reverse: Zeus Lydios ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, illegible mg.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.70g; Diameter: 20mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Knobby club, 3 by 5–7 mm oval. On obverse. 2nd century BC? Sardis. cf. M7 GR 208, 216, 233.
- Comments
- cm. App. 1.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia, p. 242, nos. 49–52; M7 GR 231, 233–234
- Author
- JDE