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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 D of Sardis
- Date
- 261 BC - 246 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1993.NoEx93.0063
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Denomination D
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Antiochus II
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 79
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche r.; Reverse: Tripod ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ-ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ.
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.4g; Diameter: 12mm.
- Comments
- These two coins share an obverse die, and likely a reverse die; both have a concave reverse. No. 79.2 is listed in records as M7 GR 368, which is incorrect. It appears that the coin was not included in M7, and so it is included here. The obverse shows a small head with feminine features, and a long vertical bar at the rear of the head showing the beginning of a turreted crown. On both coins the name of the king is legible. 79.1 has a thick flan. The control mark is not given in Houghton and Lorber 2002.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Houghton and Lorber 2002: 585
- Author
- JDE