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Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Denomination C or D of Sardis or perhaps Smyrna
- Date
- 280 BC - 261 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2010.0052
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Denomination C or D
- Coin Mint
- Sardis or perhaps Smyrna
- Issuers
- Antiochus I
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- yes
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 72
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- ThSt
- Trench
- ThSt 10.2
- Locus
- ThSt 10.2 Locus 5
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E946.09 / S308.12 *156.235
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust of Athena facing; Reverse: Nike l. with wreath and palm ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ- ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, C/m illegible.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.53g; Diameter: 13mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Elephant head in 4 mm circle. On reverse. 2nd century BC? Sardis mint? Houghton and Lorber 2002, II: 51 no.25.
- Comments
- Since nine of these coins (including four in M7 GR 357–358) have been found in the Sardis excavations, Sardis should be preferred as the mint. cm. App. 1.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Houghton and Lorber 2002: 315; M7 GR 358; Bell 1911: 368–376
- Author
- JDE