• m13-71-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-71-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-71-0001-99
    Control Mark. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Denomination A of Seleucia on the Tigris

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 71.0001
Date
285 BC - 280 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1981.0002
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Denomination A
Coin Mint
Seleucia on the Tigris
Issuers
Seleucus I
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
yes
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
71
Site
Sardis
Sector
F49
Trench
F49 81.1
B-Grid Coordinates
E845.5 / S305 *190.75
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Winged head of Medusa r.; Reverse: Bull butting r. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in ex. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
Condition
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 9.98g; Diameter: 23mm.
Control mark
As Houghton and Lorber 2002, no. 151(2)b.
Comments
Concave rev., App. 2 for C/m.
See Also
Bibliography
Houghton and Lorber 2002: 151
Author
JDE

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