Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Denomination C of Sardis
- Date
- 246 BC - 241 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1993.0189
- 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/N
- Trench
- MMS/N 93.1
- Locus
- MMS/N 93.1 Locus 30
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E160 / S17 *96.8
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles in lionskin helmet r.; Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
- Condition
- Corroded, mineralized
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.1g; Diameter: 17mm.
- 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.; concave rev.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Houghton and Lorber 2002: 657
- Author
- JDE