Antiochus I with Mithradates II - Third series ca. 38-36 BC - AE 8 Chalkoi - Bull / City Goddess
Identifier
Kovacs- ; ACV- ; RPC- ; Alram- ; ANRO-1145
Reference Description
Antiochus I c.70-36 BC
AE 8 Chalkoi
Obv. ΒΑΣ MEΓ ANTIOXOY
Zebu bull butting left.
Rev. ΣAMOΣATΩ ΠOΛEΩΣ
City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated to right on rock, holding palm in her right hand; to lower right, river-god Euphrates swimming right.
AE 8 Chalkoi
Obv. ΒΑΣ MEΓ ANTIOXOY
Zebu bull butting left.
Rev. ΣAMOΣATΩ ΠOΛEΩΣ
City-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated to right on rock, holding palm in her right hand; to lower right, river-god Euphrates swimming right.
Recent Sales
| Auction | Date | Characteristics | Realized | |
| 4 | Leu Web 19 Lot 1616 | 25-Feb-2022 | 26mm, 16.88g, 10h | CHF 1,500 |
| 3 | Leu Web 17 Lot 1290 | 13-Aug-2021 | 24mm, 16.31g, 12h | CHF 480 |
| 2 | Obolos Web 14 Lot 283 | 14-Dec-2019 | 26mm, 16.21g, 9h | CHF 280 |
| 1 | Leu 1 Lot 98 | 24-Oct-2017 | 27mm, 17.36g, 1h | CHF 2,400 |
Notes
Leu 1 Lot 99
The thickness and overall crudeness of the flan make an attribution of this exciting coin to Antiochos IV impossible. It is undoubtedly an issue of Antiochos I Theos and thus confirms his title Megas, previously only known from an uncertain reading of the enigmatic dynastic type of Mithradates II (see the following lot). What makes this coin even more important is that the reverse clearly identifies Samosata as the mint of the Commagene Kingdom. The city had been given to Antiochos I by Pompey, and it served as his capital and produced a small series of autonomous coins of an uncertain (but certainly later) date. This coin, however, is the first example known to combine a royal obverse with a civic reverse and is thus of the highest importance.
The thickness and overall crudeness of the flan make an attribution of this exciting coin to Antiochos IV impossible. It is undoubtedly an issue of Antiochos I Theos and thus confirms his title Megas, previously only known from an uncertain reading of the enigmatic dynastic type of Mithradates II (see the following lot). What makes this coin even more important is that the reverse clearly identifies Samosata as the mint of the Commagene Kingdom. The city had been given to Antiochos I by Pompey, and it served as his capital and produced a small series of autonomous coins of an uncertain (but certainly later) date. This coin, however, is the first example known to combine a royal obverse with a civic reverse and is thus of the highest importance.
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“Antiochus I with Mithradates II - Third series ca. 38-36 BC - AE 8 Chalkoi - Bull / City Goddess,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed May 2, 2024, http://armnumres.org/items/show/1145.