• m13-195-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-195-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy 3 Assaria of Sardis

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 195.0001
Date
218 AD - 222 AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1993.NoEx93.0058
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
3 Assaria
Coin Mint
Sardis
Issuers
Elagabalus, Hermophilos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
195
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. laur. cuir. palud. AYT K MAYP dot ANΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC; Reverse: Cult statue of Kore of Sardis surrounded by wheat-ear, bucranium, poppy and wreath ЄΠI ЄPMOΦIΛOY ΑΡAX CAPΔIΑΝΙΩN TPIC NEΩΚΟΡ.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 10.38g; Diameter: 30mm.
Comments
Obverse die same as Paris coin; see Evans, Sardis M13 section 3.4.
See Also
Bibliography
Paris FG 1284, var. reverse legend; Evans 2015
Author
JDE

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