Æ22 - Caracalla ϹΑΜΙΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Samos (Conventus of Miletus)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	198-217
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.34 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 497685
References	RPC Online V.2# 48231 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Caracalla, right

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder in her right hand, cornucopia in left

Lettering: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ

Translation: of the Samians

Mint

Samos, Ionia, modern-day Island of Samos, Greece

Comments

BMC 265 and 272

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (198-217)

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