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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 of Sardis
- Date
- 246 BC - 241 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1999.0022
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Denomination C
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Seleucus II
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 80
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS/S
- Trench
- MMS/S 99.1
- Locus
- MMS/S 99.1 Locus 366
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E145.4 / S117 *104.1
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lionskin helmet r.; Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
- Condition
- Very corroded, worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.22g; Diameter: 14mm.
- Comments
- Hoover (in Houghton and Lorber 2002, p. 241) suggested the coins were minted in the city before the revolt of Hierax. He does not mention a concave reverse. C/m illeg.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Houghton and Lorber 2002: 657
- Author
- JDE