• m13-56-0002-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-56-0002-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Small denomination of Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 56.0002
Date
Second - first century BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1995.0019
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Small denomination
Coin Mint
Sardis
Issuers
various magistrates
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
56
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 95.3
Locus
MMS/S 95.3 Locus 14
B-Grid Coordinates
E98.53 / S118.1 *108.25
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Dionysos r.; Reverse: Horned panther with broken spear l. ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, monograms.
Condition
Worn, corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 3.61g; Diameter: 17mm.
Comments
mg. illeg.
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Lydia p. 241 nos. 40-44; M7 GR 235–37
Author
JDE

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