Sardis L6

Obverse: Theatre mask of a young woman

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 18
- Weight: 2.79

Typological Description

Object Type: Token
Material: Lead

Findspot Description

Findspot
- Description: Sardes, Byzantine context MMS/S.
- 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 parallels in Gülby and Kireç nos. 136-139b, 144 and p. 32. She notes it very well might have been used as a theatre ticket, but then used in later periods as a coin.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick