RPC I, 3849

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3849
Province Kingdom of Commagene
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Uncertain
Dating 30s BC?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design lion walking, right
Reverse inscription ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ
Edition Σαμοσάτω(ν) πόλεως
Translation of the city of Samosatans
Reverse design Tyche seated on rock, holding palm branch, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.10 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 4, Kovacs 290
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
Note All overstruck over Zeus/Zeus bronzes of Antioch, of the module minted in the forties BC (4218ff.). Not a complete listing of specimens.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.542 BMC 6
2 2     L: 1859,1219.225 BMC 4
3 3     L: 1839,0919.543 BMC 5
4 4     P: 1440
5 5     P: 1441
6 6     P: 1442
7 7     P: 1443
8 8     ✸ Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, lot 248
9 9     Leu EA 20, 25 June 2022, lot 1482 = CNG 411, 13 Dec. 2017, lot 203 = Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1887