Sardis L5

Obverse: Γ Δ - Cornucopia, gamma on left, delta on right. All within beaded border.

Reverse

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 16
- Weight: 2.4
Shape: circle

Typological Description

Object Type: Token
Material: Lead
Date Range
- From Date: A.D. 300
- To Date: 500

Findspot Description

Findspot
- Description: Sardis, late Roman houses and colonnaded street (MMS/N). The date of the contexts is 4th and 5th century.
- Findspot: Sardes (Turkey)
- Point
  - Coordinates: 38.48856, 28.04041

References

Reference: DeRose Evans, J. (2018). Coins from the Excavations at Sardis, Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts. Coins from the 1973 to 2013 Excavations. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.

Notes

Note: DeRose Evans notes Gülbay and Kireç no. 257 as a parallel. A rough date range has been given on the basis of the archaeological strata, but several much earlier coins were found here, and so the token may indeed be much earlier.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick