Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Sardis
- Date
- 14 AD - 37 AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1992.0003
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Opinas and Akiamos
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 150
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- ByzFort
- Trench
- ByzFort 91.17
- Locus
- ByzFort 91.17 Locus 47
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E711 / S412 *185.4
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. ΟΠΙΝΑΣ ΑΚΙΑMΟΣ; Reverse: Apollo standing l., holding hawk in r. and laurel in l. in wreath ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ.
- Condition
- Worn
- Dimensions
- Weight: 4.2g; Diameter: 17mm.
- Comments
- RPC I p. 487 calls this a "smaller" assarion, modeled on the Hellenistic coin of similar types; Johnston (2007 table 74) prefers "?tetrachalkon," but also noting earlier denomination. Identification probable due to context.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- RPC I: 2990
- Author
- JDE