Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Image courtesy of İlknur Özgen

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Image courtesy of İlknur Özgen

M13 Cat. 235.0001

Coin

Billon

211 AD - 217 AD (Roman Imperial)

This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. rad. ANTONINVSPIVSAVGGERM; Reverse: Venus standing with scepter and victoriola, leaning on shield VENVSVICTRIX.

LATW Cat. 2-3

Jewelry and Ornaments

Gold

Ca. 2500-2000 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Two bullet-shaped “earplugs,” made of sheets of argentiferous gold wrapped around a core of dark material. Conical terminal with hatched decoration; concave shaft with flat end. Tips pierced. Length 0.023 m; diameter of conical end 0.009 m.

LATW Cat. 189

Metalwork

Silver

Probably early fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Silver Achaemenid bowl, with flaring offset lip, shallow body, no omphalos. Lower body finely decorated with pointed flutes; shoulder decorated with pendant tongues. Rosette decoration in center. Height 0.053 m, diameter 0.125 m.

LATW Cat. 136

Jewelry and Ornaments

Electrum

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Recumbent lamb with legs folded under body, head turned to side. Hair stippled on top of head; eyes, mouth, and tail incised. Flat base made separately. Lamb solid-cast; wire made separately and probably fastened to back by soldering. Maximum height ...

LATW Cat. 17

Coin

Electrum

Ca. 630-560 BC (Lydian)

Electrum third-stater. Obverse: roaring lion head, facing right, with “hairy nose wart.” Reverse: two incuse punches. Good condition. Weight 4.75 g, diameter 12 mm.

LATW Cat. 143

Jewelry and Ornaments

Silver

Late 7th or early 6th c BC (Lydian)

Silver pin with hollow teardrop-shaped head, divided into four sections by vertical rows of beaded wire (perhaps masking seams in the head), with ring of beaded wire at the tip (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/K366). Flaring disk between pin and...

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul

M13 Cat. 1154.0001

Coin

Bronze/Copper Alloy

583 AD - 602 AD (Byzantine)

This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. cuir. pal. DNmVARC-TIbPPAV; Reverse: Cross potent VICTORTIbЄRIAVIS, in ex. CONOB.

LATW Cat. 14

Sculpture

Sandstone, Stone

Ca. 570-560 BC (Lydian)

Sandstone lion sculpture from SW corner of the altar at PN. “Very crumbly, broken in two parts, about two thirds of forepart of head broken off... but right eye preserved. Mouth preserved only at sides...” (Hanfmann and Ramage). Height 0.405 m, lengt...

LATW Cat. 16

Miscellaneous

Stone

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Bar of very fine black stone, rectangular in section, broken at one end, other end finished. Polished smooth surface, slightly convex. Preserved length 0.052 m, width 0.012 m; thickness 0.010 m.

LATW Cat. 134

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

Early fifth century BC? (Late Lydian (Persian))

Large bronze mirror. Circular disk with reflecting surfaces on both sides; the surfaces are slightly convex, so the image would be smaller than natural. Border is decorated with geometric designs (on one side, guilloche and triangles; on the other, g...

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College