• m13-70-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-70-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Denomination C or D of Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 70.0001
Date
282 BC - 281 BC?, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1993.NoEx93.0022
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Denomination C or D
Coin Mint
Sardis
Issuers
Seleucus I
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
70
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Winged head of Medusa r.; Reverse: Humped bull butting l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in ex. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ; no C/m visible.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 2.45g; Diameter: 14mm.
Comments
The type is listed in Houghton and Lorber 2002 as above, with straight edge, “delicate style and low relief,” but the butting bull left, no controls, is given to Antioch Denomination B (18-19 mm) (Houghton and Lorber 2002 no. 24).
See Also
Bibliography
Houghton and Lorber 2002: 6 var.
Author
JDE

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