Sardis

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 197

The mint at the ancient site of Sardes in Lydia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Sardis (Croesus), gold, staters (foreparts of lion and bull/incuse squares) (560-546 BCE)		Gold	996,363 kg
S 1659 - Sardis (Persian), silver, sigloi (Group III: 485-420 BCE)		Silver	1,841 kg
S 2068 - Sardis (Xerxes - Darius II), silver, sigloi (Group IIIb) (480-425 BCE) Alram		Silver	1,610 kg
S 2069 - Sardis (Darius II - Artaxerxes II), silver, sigloi (Group IV) (420-350 BCE) Alram		Silver	1,070 kg
S 1687 - Sardis (Persian), silver, sigloi (Group IV: 420-350 BCE) Carradice 1998		Silver
S 1964 - Sardes? (Persians), silver, tetradrachms (350-341 BCE)		Silver	23,712 kg
H 214 - Sardis (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (330-297 BCE)		Silver	19,689 kg
H 215 - Sardis (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (330-297 BCE)		Silver	28,525 kg
H 213 - Sardis (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (330-297 BCE)		Gold	118,486 kg
H 213b - Sardis (Alexander the Great), gold, hemistaters (330-297 BCE)		Gold	1,080 kg
H 213c - Sardis (Alexander the Great), gold, tetartai (330-297 BCE)		Gold	1,200 kg
Sardis (Antiochus I), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Zeus) (282-281 BCE)		Silver	1,758 kg
S 930 - Sardis (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachm (Alexander the Great) (282-279 BCE)		Silver	1,329 kg
S 1169 - Sardis (Eumenes II), silver, tetradrachms (197-159 BCE)		Silver	1,086 kg
S 1171 - Sardis, silver, cistophori (197-159 BCE)		Silver	3,833 kg
S 1172 - Sardis, silver, didrachm		Silver	140 kg
S 1173 - Sardis, silver, drachma		Silver	0 kg
H 254 - Sardis, silver, cistophori (166-128 BCE) Kleiner & Noe		Silver	7,788 kg
H 254a - Sardis, silver, half cistophori (166-128 BCE) Kleiner & Noe		Silver	275 kg
S 1174 - Sardis, silver, tetradrachm		Silver	4,572 kg
S 1175 - Sardis, silver, tetradrachm		Silver	1,293 kg
S 1176 - Sardis, silver, cistophori (133-100 BCE) Hochard		Silver	115,765 kg
S 1177 - Sardis, bronze, 133-100 BC		Bronze
S 1178 - Sardis, bronze, 133-100 BC		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2013 - Sardis (Seleucus II) (AE Athena/Apollo) over uncertain type (Numisma mercator, Oct. 2016, 131978184593)		Bronze	246 BC JL
SO 1168 - Sardis? over uncertain mint		Bronze	215 BC JL
SO 1166 - Sardis? over uncertain mint		Bronze	215 BC JL
SO 1165 - Sardis over uncertain mint		Bronze	211 BC JL
SO 1162 - Sardis over Tralles		Bronze	197 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3399 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Antiochus I (Antiochus/horse) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 206)		Silver	281 BC JL
3291 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll., 90)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17334 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221880)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3255 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 14)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17378 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Paris, BnF, FG 1658)		Bronze	250 BC JL
16897 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll., 91)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3290 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochos II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll.)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17338 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221895)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3063 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll.)		Bronze	250 BC JL
16894 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (CNG, EA 504, Nov. 2021, 22)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3642 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 4)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17340 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221897)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3820 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 20)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3152 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Ebay seller variana museum)		Bronze	250 BC JL
16892 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Lanz, eBay, May 2020)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3721 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 10)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17342 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221899)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3672 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll.)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17336 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221888)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3166 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Ebay seller variana museum, July 2018)		Bronze	250 BC JL
17376 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Paris, BnF, Seymour de Ricci 1016)		Bronze	250 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	sardes
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Sardes in Lydia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	550867
Ancient regionAncient region.	Lydia Nomisma: lydia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	38.488314° N, 28.040286° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sardis https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550867 http://sws.geonames.org/9986360/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x31426 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002615

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Literature

• Callataÿ - Iossif 2015
• Carradice 1987
• Hochard 2020
• Hochard 2024
• Thompson 1983

Authors

• Pierre-Olivier Hochard
• Cindy L. Nimchuk