SO 1968 - Samosata over Antioch

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2677


39 - 30 | ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Rauch 97 (14/04/2015), no. 257

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Lion walking right. Linear border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ Tyche seated right, on rock, holding a palm-branch in right hand. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Samosata Ancient regionAncient region. Commagene Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 39 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.2111.21 g <br />11,210 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: AC 2381AC 238, Kovacs (2016) 2902Kovacs (2016) 290, A. Burnett3A. Burnett, M. Amandry and P. P. Ripollès, Roman Provincial Coinage, vol. 1, From to the death of Caesar to Vitellius (BC 44–AD 69), Paris-London, 1992, no. 3849

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.  Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 48 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : RPC I4RPC I, 4218
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ AC 238 
  2. ^ Kovacs (2016) 290 
  3. ^ A. Burnett 
  4. ^  Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.