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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) -
Control Mark. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Denomination C of Sardis
- Date
- 220 BC - 214 BC, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1983.0117
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Denomination C
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Achaeus
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- yes
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- yes
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 85
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- ByzFort
- Trench
- ByzFort 83.1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E686 / S336 *184.93
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of Apollo r.; Reverse: Eagle, wings closed, standing r., wreath in claws; to r. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, to l. ΑΧΑΙΟΥ.
- Condition
- Worn, minor corrosion
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.95g; Diameter: 16mm.
- Coin Countermark
- Horse-head, 5–6 mm circle. On reverse. ca. 213 BC Sardis mint. Mørkholm 1991, p. 126; Houghton and Lorber 2002, II: 65; cf. M7 GR 373, 380.
- Control mark
Houghton and Lorber 2002 , no. 956.- Comments
- Countermarked. cm. App. 1; C/m App. 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Houghton and Lorber 2002: 956; M7 GR 380
- Author
- JDE