• m13-97-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-97-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Anchialos

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 97.0001
Date
139 AD - 161 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1995.NoEx95.0002
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Anchialos
Issuers
Marcus Aurelius
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
yes
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
97
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. dr. […]PHΛΙΟCΟΥ[…]; Reverse: Statue group of Hermes and baby Dionysos ANXIA[...].
Condition
Worn, corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 13.30g; Diameter: 28mm.
Coin Countermark
Aphrodite Anaitis?, 6 mm oval. On obverse. ca. 200? GIC no.233?
Comments
Neither obverse nor reverse legend visible; Countermark Table 4.3; only one other example of this coin is known. This reverse type is otherwise only known in Pautalia, for Caracalla. cm. App. 1.
See Also
Bibliography
RPC IV: temp. no. 4518; Lacroix 1949: 298; Schwartz 1893
Author
JDE

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