• m13-26-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-26-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-26-0001-99
    Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hellenistic Bronze/Copper Alloy Coin of Pergamum

Date
197 BC - 59 BC or ca. 133 BC - 27 BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1998.0058
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Coin Mint
Pergamum
Issuers
Attalus II?
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
yes
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
26
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 98.1
Locus
MMS/S 98.1 Locus 331
B-Grid Coordinates
E146.82 / S117.4 *105.31
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Head of Asklepios r.; Reverse: Snake coiled around omphalos ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ- ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ mg. App. 2.
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
Weight: 6.96g; Diameter: 22mm.
Coin Monogram
No monogram noted in catalogs, but found in trade.
Comments
For dating, see note on no. 25; also only known from Late Roman contexts.
See Also
Bibliography
BMC Mysia, p. 128, no. 158 var.; M7 GR 47–50 var.
Author
JDE