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.

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.

Files

1145 Leu 1 Lot 99.jpg
1145 Leu Web 17 Lot 1290.jpg
1145 Leu Web 19 Lot 1616.jpg
1145 Obolos Web 14 Lot 283.jpg

Citation

“Antiochus I with Mithradates II - Third series ca. 38-36 BC - AE 8 Chalkoi - Bull / City Goddess,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed November 21, 2024, https://armnumres.org/items/show/1145.