RPC I, 3848


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3848 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	3848
Province	Kingdom of Commagene
Region	Commagene
City	Samosata
Reign	Uncertain
Dating	30s BC?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	eagle standing, facing, wings outstretched, head to right
Reverse inscription	ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ
Reverse design	Tyche seated on rock, holding palm branch, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 15, Kovacs 288
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Not a complete listing of specimens. For an example weighing 6.51, see Harlan Berk (April 1993), lot 526, now Nercessian coll..

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			L	BMC 15	23	12.68	12	overstruck on a Zeus/Zeus bronze of Antioch, of the module minted in the forties BC (4218ff.).	Show
2	2 ✸				VAuctions 328, 15 Dec. 2017, lot 143	20.3	8.34	12		Show