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Obverse. (©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.
- 1996.0161
- 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
- no
- Has Countermark
- yes
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 52
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 96.2
- Locus
- MMS/S 96.2 Locus 55
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E103.73 / S123.392 *110.482
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r.; Reverse: Nude Apollo holding hawk ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, mg. at l.
- Condition
- Worn smooth
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.03g; Diameter: 17mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Knobby club, 3 by 5–7 mm oval. On obverse. 2nd century BC? Sardis. cf. M7 GR 208, 216, 233.
- Comments
- Tends to have a thick flan, reverse is concave. Prob. Herakles/Apollo, due to concave rev. and module, but all illeg.; cm. App. 1.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia, p. 239, nos. 22–36; M7 GR 199–227
- Author
- JDE