• m13-100-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-100-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Nicomedia?

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 100.0001
Date
117 AD - 138 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1981.C81.0081
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Nicomedia?
Issuers
Hadrian
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
100
Site
Sardis
Sector
Wadi B
Trench
Wadi B 81.2
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of emperor r. laur., uncertain legend; Reverse: Octastyle temple, pellet between center columns; in pediment, emperor with spear sacrificing over an altar and in each corner, pellet KOINON, in ex. BEIΘΥΝΙΑC.
Condition
Excellent rev, completely smoothed head on obv
Dimensions
Weight: 22.77g; Diameter: 34mm.
Comments
This coin is unique since, in antiquity, the obverse was almost entirely obliterated to make essentially a one-sided medallion. See Evans, Sardis M13 section 3.3.2.
See Also
Bibliography
RPC III: 1013
Author
JDE

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