Civic coin of Samosata - First series - AE 4 Chalkoi - Eagle / Tyche
Identifier
Kovacs-288; ACV-241-242; RPC-3848; ANRO-95
Reference Description
Civic coinage of Samosata 1st C. BC
Samosata
AE 4 Chalkoi
Obv. Eagle facing, head turned right. Border of dots.
Rev. CΑΜΟCΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩC
Tyche seated right, on rock, holding a palm-branch in right hand. Border of dots.
Samosata
AE 4 Chalkoi
Obv. Eagle facing, head turned right. Border of dots.
Rev. CΑΜΟCΑΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΩC
Tyche seated right, on rock, holding a palm-branch in right hand. Border of dots.
Recent Sales
| Auction | Date | Characteristics | Realized | |
| 4 | Leu 4 Lot 357 | 24-May-2019 | 22mm, 8.38g, 12h | CHF 550 |
| 3 | Vauctions 328 Lot 143 | 14-Dec-2017 | 20mm, 8.34g, 12h | $190 |
| 2 | CNG e411 Lot 202 | 13-Dec-2017 | 24mm, 12.59g, 12h | $425 |
| 1 | Rauch 95 Lot 176 | 29-Sep-2014 | 10.89g | EUR 180 |
Notes
CNG e411 Lot 202
The undertype of this coin requires a reassessment of Kovacs’s assignment of the Samosatan coinage to two series. In his book, he notes that there is no consensus on the dating of the 1st century BC bronzes of Samosata, but suggests that they comprise two series, with the first possibly belonging to the periods in which autonomous issues were struck in other cities, either 57/6-54/3 BC or 66/5 BC. He further suggests that the second series, by virtue of their consistent overstriking and blundered legends, was an emergency issue that could belong to the siege of Samosata in 38 BC. As the present coin, which Kovacs placed in the first series, was overstruck on a coin dated to 48/7 BC, it must either belong to the second series, or the first series must belong to a period of autonomous coinage at Samosata struck between 48/7 and 38 BC.
The undertype of this coin requires a reassessment of Kovacs’s assignment of the Samosatan coinage to two series. In his book, he notes that there is no consensus on the dating of the 1st century BC bronzes of Samosata, but suggests that they comprise two series, with the first possibly belonging to the periods in which autonomous issues were struck in other cities, either 57/6-54/3 BC or 66/5 BC. He further suggests that the second series, by virtue of their consistent overstriking and blundered legends, was an emergency issue that could belong to the siege of Samosata in 38 BC. As the present coin, which Kovacs placed in the first series, was overstruck on a coin dated to 48/7 BC, it must either belong to the second series, or the first series must belong to a period of autonomous coinage at Samosata struck between 48/7 and 38 BC.
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Citation
“Civic coin of Samosata - First series - AE 4 Chalkoi - Eagle / Tyche,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed April 26, 2024, http://armnumres.org/items/show/95.