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Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Medium denomination of Sardis
- Date
- Second - first century BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1986.C86.0008
- 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.
- 55
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Apollo r.; Reverse: Club in wreath, mg. below, ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ.
- Condition
- Excellent
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.12g; Diameter: 13mm.
- Coin Monogram
- Monograms are almost always found on this series (see M7, p. 80, where Johnston knew of “over sixty”).
- Comments
- Dies much smaller than flans; thick flans. mg. App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- BMC Lydia p. 238, nos. 10–21; M7 GR 183–198
- Author
- JDE