• m13-98-0007-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-98-0007-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-98-0007-99
    Countermark (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy As, class 2

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 98.0007
Date
Ca. 25 BC, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1980.C80.0169
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
As, class 2
Coin Mint
Uncertain Mint
Issuers
Augustus
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
yes
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
98
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB 80.3
B-Grid Coordinates
E3.75 / S72.91 *100.9
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head bare r. CAESAR; Reverse: AVGVSTVS in laurel wreath.
Condition
Halved and countermarked
Dimensions
Weight: 6.49g; Diameter: 28mm.
Coin Countermark
5 mm circle. On obverse. RPC not, GIC not.
Comments
98.6, 98.7, 98.8, and 98.9 are halved; halved coins of these types are only common from excavations at Sardis; countermarked: 98.7, 98.9 (latter identification is probable, and countermarked, which is also halved). 20 of 27 examples of M7 R 0003; and one is countermarked. halved.
See Also
Bibliography
RPC I: 2235; M7 R 3
Author
JDE

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