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Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Medium denomination of Sardis
- Date
- Ca. 245/220 BC - 2nd c BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1996.0043
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Medium denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- various magistrates
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- yes
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 52
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MD2
- Trench
- MD2 96.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E459 - E467 / N178 - N182 *93.34 - *93.44
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r.; Reverse: Nude Apollo holding hawk ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, mg. at l.
- Condition
- Very worn and corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.30g; Diameter: 15mm.
- Coin Monogram
- M7 GR 212; BMC Lydia, p. 239, no. 22. This is, by far, the most common monogram found on these coins. It may show either a very large issue, or more than one moneyer using these letters.
- Comments
- Tends to have a thick flan, reverse is concave. mg. App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia, p. 239, nos. 22–36; M7 GR 199–227
- Author
- JDE