Seleukid Coins

Achaios

Bronze coin  •  References

Identification Number ACH-AE-01
Mint:	Sardis1
Period:	220 - 214 BC
Denomination:	AE Double Unit
Weight:	5.58 g
Diameter:	19 - 20 mm
Obverse:	Laureate head of Apollo right, with corkscrew curls
Reverse:	‘ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ]’ on right, ‘ΑΧΑΙΟΥ’ on left (“of King Achaios”); eagle standing right, palm branch over shoulder; control mark in outer right field, if any, off flan
Die Position:	0º
References:	Houghton and Lorber, SC I, 955.1; Newell, WSM, 1441 / 1445 / 1448; SNG Spaer, 833 / 836; Houghton, CSE, 609; BMC 4, p. 30, Nos. 1 (Plate X, 3) and 2-3
Note:	Coins of this series have either no control mark (SC I, 955.1a) or a control mark in outer right field: ΔΙ (ibid, 955.1b), Χ (ibid, 955.1c), ΑΒ sideways (ibid, 955.1d), Α[Β] reading horizontally (ibid, 955.1e) or Τ (ibid, 955.1f).

¹ The capital of ancient Lydia (a historic region of western Asia Minor).

References:

Gardner, Percy: Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, Volume 4: The Seleucid Kings of Syria. London, 1878 (reprint, Arnaldo Forni, Bologna, 1963). (abbr. BMC 4)

Houghton, Arthur: Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton. The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1983. (abbr. CSE)

Houghton, Arthur; Lorber, Catharine: Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part I, Volumes 1 and 2. The American Numismatic Society, New York, in association with Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Lancaster/London, 2002. (abbr. SC I)

Houghton, Arthur; Spaer, Arnold (with the assistance of Catharine Lorber): Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Israel I. The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins. Italo Vecchi Ltd., London, 1998. (abbr. SNG Spaer)

Newell, Edward T.: The Coinage of the Western Seleucid Mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III. Numismatic Studies No. 4. The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1977 (reprint of the 1941 original edition with a summary of recent scholarship by Otto Mørkholm). (abbr. WSM)