Samos

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 203

The mint at the ancient site of Samos off Ionia.

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)
AC 228a - Samos, silver, tetrobols (530-526 BCE)		Silver	382 kg
AC 228 - Samos, silver, drachms (526-522 BCE)		Silver	2,990 kg
AC 229 - Samos, silver, drachms (510-500 BCE)		Silver	4,240 kg
AC 230 - Samos, silver, tetradrachm, 499-439 BC		Silver	13,590 kg
AC 231f - Samos, silver, tetradrachms (412-404 BCE)		Silver	1,631 kg
AC 231g - Samos, silver, drachms (412-404 BCE)		Silver	183 kg
AC 231h - Samos, silver, triobols (412-404 BCE)		Silver	4,941 kg
AC 231i - Samos, silver, obols (412-404 BCE)		Silver	23 kg
AC 231 - Samos, silver, tetradrachm, 400-365 BC		Silver	13,160 kg
AC 231a - Samos, silver, drachma, 400-365 BC		Silver	742 kg
AC 231b - Samos, silver, hemidrachm, 400-365 BC		Silver	228 kg
AC 231c - Samos, silver, diobol, 400-365 BC		Silver	299 kg
AC 231d - Samos, silver, trihemiobol, 400-365 BC		Silver	171 kg
AC 231e - Samos, silver, obol, 400-365 BC		Silver	187 kg

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
SO 1458 - Samos over Aegina		Silver	499 BC JL
2142 - Samos (stater lion/ox) over Cyrene (Zeus Ammon/silphium) (London, BM, BNK, G.607)		Silver	499 BC JL
SO 1457 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	499 BC JL
SO 1461 - Samos over Aegina		Silver	482 BC JL
SO 1460 - Samos over Aegina		Silver	482 BC JL
SO 1462 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	453 BC JL
2001 - Samos (tetradrachm facing lion/forepart of bull) over Athens (Athena/owl) (London, BM, HPB, p. 112.51)		Silver	453 BC JL
SO 1464 - Samos over Aegina		Silver	453 BC JL
SO 1466 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	420 BC JL
SO 1465 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	420 BC JL
SO 1471 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	412 BC JL
SO 1470 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	412 BC JL
SO 1469 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	412 BC JL
SO 1468 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	412 BC JL
SO 1467 - Samos over uncertain mint		Silver	412 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
2582 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 107)		Silver	465 BC JL
21790 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (Themis Numismatics, 9, Apr. 2021, 161)		Silver	465 BC JL
22341 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (CNG, EA 547, Oct. 2023, 271)		Silver	465 BC JL
20430 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (CNG, EA 435, Jan. 2019, 108)		Silver	465 BC JL
25582 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (CNG, EA 562, May 2024, 141)		Silver	465 BC JL
22284 - Rhaucus (stater Poseidon/trident) over Samos? (lion/bull) (Paris, BnF, R 2334)		Silver	330 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	samos
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Samos off Ionia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	599926
Ancient regionAncient region.	Ionia Nomisma: ionia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37° 41' 22.00" N, 26° 56' 35.00" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Samos https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599925 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q156882 https://www.freebase.com/m/096c16 http://sws.geonames.org/254114/

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Literature

• Barron 1966

Authors

• John Penrose Barron
• Fabrice Delrieux