Samos (BC 393-388) Tetradrachm182 viewsca 393-388 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88g, 21mm, 11h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of bull right, ΚΛΕΑΓΟΡΗΣ (magistrate) above, ΣA below, within incuse square. Very scarce, VF.
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Samos (BC 270-240) Tetrobol125 viewsca 200 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.02g). Facing lion's mask / Forepart of bull right; ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above, crater, monogram and ear of corn below. Toned. Extremely fine.
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm147 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. EF.
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Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm88 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.53g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Sesamos (BC 300-250) AE 15171 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.80g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. gVF, green patina, thick flan. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm89 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.45g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. VF.
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Samos (BC 398-365) Obol91 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Lion's scalp facing / Forepart of bull right; ΣA below. VF.
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Samos (BC 380-350) AE 15118 viewsca 380-350 BC. AE15 (2.65g). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΣΑ below. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel - List 335 (1972), lot 288.
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Samos (BC 350) AE 15100 views4th century BC. AE15 (2.73g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, gVF. Unique?
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Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol12 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.97g, 9mm, 1h). Head of Hera right / Lion head facing, ΣΑ below.
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm106 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. VF.
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Samos (BC 220-200) AE2 viewsca 220-200 BC. AE (8.85g). Facing lion's mask within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above, monogram below; within dotted circle. Dark green patina, VF. Unpublished with this monogram?
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Samos (BC 300) Hemidrachm112 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.64g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΟΥΡΙΣ (magistrate) above. VF, toned.
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Samos (BC 398-365) Obol89 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.57g). Lion's scalp facing / Forepart of bull right, ΣA below. Good VF.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte30 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.85g). Eagle flying right, holding a serpent in its talons / Square incuse punch with irregular fan-shaped markings. Good VF. Ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 426.
This Samos electrum hekte has an unusually clear type present. The serpent clutched in the eagle's talons is typically not visible.
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Samos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus(?)150 viewsAugustus(?), 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (4.82g). Laureate head right / Peacock standing right on caduceus; sceptre behind. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Malter Galleries 79 (6/2001), lot 71.
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Samos (BC 210-185) AE 13103 viewsca 210-185 BC. AE13 (1.96g). Ekata..., magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Hera, head turned slightly right / Prow of a Samian galley left; EKATA below. VF, dark brown patina. Rare issue and apparently unpublished with this magistrate's name. David Herman Coll.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte30 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.84g). Facing panther's head against a background of heavy filling ornament / Square incuse punch with irregular markings. Good VF.
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Samos (BC 129-20) AE 139 viewsca 129-20 BC. AE13 (1.72g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / Facing lion’s scalp, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below. VF, dark brown patina. J.S. Wagner Coll.
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Samos (BC 530-525) AR Hekte1 viewslate 6th century BC. AR 1/6 Stater - Hekte (13mm, 2.64g). Facing lion's head / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Stater39 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Stater (17.22g). Uncertain design against a background of heavy filling ornament / Two parallel oblong incuse punches with irregular markings. VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 310.
The types of the early electrum of Samos are varied. The Samians had a unique style of coinage, with the central type placed against an amorphic patterned background. Various decriptions have been offered for the types-eagles, flowers, panthers, thunderbolts, etc. This cataloguer sees a flowering plant with two leaves, and a panther facing left below. The use of background ornament somewhat resembles the geometric patterns used as filling ornament on Corinthian pottery.
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Samos (BC 200-100) AE0 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE (1.23g). Head of Hera right / Prow of a Samian galley right, ΣΑ above. Green patina, gVF. Very rare. Ex. Auktion Bankhaus Aufhäuser, München 7 (1990), 186.
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Sesamos (BC 340-300) AE 16223 viewslate 4th cent BC. AE16 (3.20g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. EF, dark green patina.
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Samos (BC 350) AE 14112 viewsca 350 BC. AE14 (2.79g). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΣΑ below. EF, choice green patina, high points a little rough on the obverse. Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendining's, 2/1961), lot 2888 (part of).
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Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm150 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; A to left, ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right. Toned, good VF. Schonwalter Coll.
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Samos (AD 81-117) AE 1420 viewsImperial Times, late 1st to early 2nd century AD. AE14 (3.04g). CAMIWN, Ankaios standing left, holding patera and scepter / HPMC, peacock standing left. Rare. VF.
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Samos (BC 522-520) Trihemiobol104 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.80g). Bull's head right / Head of a roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned, good VF.
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Samos (BC 300-200) AE0 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE (1.61g). Aristokles, magistrate. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (?) below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare variant. Ex Lindgren coll.
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Samos (BC 522-520) Didrachm131 viewsca 520 BC. AR Didrachm (6.87g). Forepart of bull right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned EF, exceptional flan. Very rare, only 5 recorded specimens.
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Samos (BC 400-365) Drachm110 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΗΜΩΝ (magistrate) above. Good VF, uneven strike, light porosity. Rare.
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Samos (BC 300) Didrachm79 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (6.51g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right, olive spray right; ΒΑΤΤΟΣ (magistrate) above. Toned VF, some minor roughness.
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos8 viewsca 520 BC. AR 1/2 Siglos (2.52g). Forepart of winged bull left / Head of bull left, within dotted incuse square. VF, some minor roughness. Rare, only one specimen of the right facing type half siglos recorded by Barron, this variety unpublished.
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Samos (BC 510-500) Drachm79 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Drachm (3.05g). Forepart of winged boar right / Facing lion's scalp within dotted incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm100 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72g). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram in circle below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306.
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Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm84 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythion, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ above. Good VF, toned, light porosity.
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Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm80 viewsca 485-439 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.06g, 12h). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right, ΣΑ above. Good VF, attractively toned.
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Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm107 viewsca 408/4-366 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.71g, 12h). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram below. Good VF, attractively toned, well centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306.
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Samos (BC 408-380) Tetradrachm129 viewsca 408/4-385/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.83g, 7h). Marsyas, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, MAPΣYAΣ above, SA below nose, bee below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Extremely rare, one of only two coins known from this magistrate (both from the Pixodarus hoard). Ex Lanz 46 (1998), lot 278; Antiqua FPL IX (undated [2000]), no. 49; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Samos (BC 398-365) Obol5 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Facing scalp of lion / Forepart of bull right; ΣA below. Toned, Good VF.
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Samos (BC 350) AE 1910 viewsca 394-365 BC. AE19 (2.68g, 6h). Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, necklace, and earring / Facing lion's head. Good VF, attractive dark green patina with light earthen highlights.
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Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm10 viewsca 310-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.50g, 12h). [...]rchamenios, magistrate. Facing lion head / Forepart of bull right; [...]PXAMENIOΣ above. Good VF, light cleaning marks. Rare denomination, this magistrate unpublished.
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Samos (BC 485-477) Tetradrachm9 viewsca 485/0-478/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.52g, 3h). Facing lion scalp / ΣΑ, head of ox right; three pellets around; all in incuse square. Good VF, toned, a couple light scratches under tone, reverse weakly struck. Very rare. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Coll. (Sotheby’s, 6/1990), lot 508; S. Weintraub Coll.
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos13 viewsca 520 BC. AR ½ Siglos (2.68g). Forepart of winged boar right / Head of ox right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 14.
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Samos (BC 453-439) Tetradrachm13 viewsca 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.01g, 6h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of ox right; olive branch to left, ΣA above, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (3/2006), lot 150; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 361.
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Samos (AD 248-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius29 viewsTrajan Decius, 248-251 AD. AE21 (4.72g). AVT K TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAM IΩN, female figure standing, wearing short chiton and holding wreath and palm. VF.
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Samos (BC 270-240) Tetrobol22 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.33g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Prow right; trident above, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks on reverse. Rare. Ex Lestranges Coll. (Egger, 11/1909), lot 409.
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Samos (BC 480) Hemidrachm23 viewsca 480 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.78g). Head of ram right; below, lizard right / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck on good metal. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 390; Leu 42 (5/1987), lot 294; Niggeler Coll. (Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 396; R. Jameson Coll., 2295.
The Boston and Jameson catalogs attributed this type to Samos, although Barron did not include this coinage in his corpus of Samian coinage. Presumably, the earlier catalogs’ attribution was based on the parallel of the reverse type to various issues at Samos. The obverse type, however, with its small lizard control device, stands in contrast to such an attribution, and without further evidence, an attribution to Samos must be viewed as speculative.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte7 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.87g). Facing head of lion within wreath(?) / Incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm2 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.59g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. EF. Rare.
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Samos (BC 380-365) Tetradrachm14 viewsca 380–365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.97g). Facing lion’s scalp / ΣΑ, forepart of ox running right, wearing ornate collar, olive branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ (magistrate or moneyer) above, edges of square die visible. Struck on a slightly short flan. Toned. Extremely fine.
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Samos (BC 530-526) 1/3 Stater71 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Didrachm (5.92g). Facing panther head in square frame of dots between parallel lines / Quadripartite incuse, partially filled. Apparently unpublished. Very early and extremely rare. Good very fine with some planchet flaws.
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm10 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.45g, 11h). Forepart of winged boar left / Lion scalp facing in dotted square within incuse square. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die wear on obverse. Ex Triton XII (1/2009), lot 313; Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 15; Leu 74 (10/1998), lot 237; Leu 54 (4/1992), lot 137; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 248.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 500) EL Hekte142 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.34g), Milesian standard. Head of bull right / Incuse punch. aEF. Very rare. Samos and Klazomenai have been suggested as possible mints.
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Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm9 viewsca 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 3h). Alexandros, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; AΛEΞANΔP[OΣ] above, laurel branch to left, Σ[A] below; all within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a few marks under tone. Extremely rare, one of two known with this magistrate. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (12/1998), no. 7223; Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 762; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Samos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm395 viewsca 404 or 394 BC. AR Tridrachm or Double Siglos (11.29g, 12h). The infant Herakles, nude but for a baldric over his left shoulder, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent with each hand, ΣΥΝ / Lion's mask facing, ΣΑ below; all within circular incuse. Extremely rare. Toned EF. From the collections of C. Gillet, 1138, R. Jameson, and the Reverend H.V. Elliott, SWH 2/1908, purchased in Asia Minor 1818-1819.
This rare coin was struck to celebrate an alliance (syn = synmachikon = a coin of allies) between cities in western Asia Minor (Byzantion, Ephesos, Iasos, Knidos, Kyzikos, Lampsakos, Rhodes and Samos), which all used the common type of infant Herakles/snakes on obv with rev bearing normal city badge. It was thought that this alliance came about in 394 after the defeat of the Spartan fleet, but Karweise, Lysander as Herakliskos Drakonopnigon ('Herakles the snake-strangler'), NC 1980, has made a good case for it having taken place 10 years earlier, when the cities threw off Athenian domination with the help of the Spartan Lysander. In many ways this seems a better choice, but hoard evidence is inconclusive.
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Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol135 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Oktobol (4.72g, 12h). Lion's mask facing within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right; krater behind; trident head below; olive branch to right, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above. Beautifully toned, a splendid example. Good extremely fine. From the collections of O.H. Knoepke, Glendining's (12/1986), lot 293 and R.C. Lockett, IV, Glendining (2/1966), lot 2352, ex Naville IV (6/1922), lot 876.
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Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol111 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Oktobol (4.59g, 3h). Lion's mask facing within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right; olive branch to right, trident below, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above. Toned, EF. Jamgochian coll., Peus 340 (11/1994), lot 376.
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Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm16 viewsca 477/6-461/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.21g, 7h). Facing lion head / Head of bull right; [ΣA above], long anchor or hook behind; all within shallow incuse circle. VF, toned, a couple minor flan flaws on obverse. Rare early tetradrachm.
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Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol125 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Diademed head of Hera left, wearing earring / Lion' scalp facing, ΣΑ below. Toned, VF.
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Samos (BC 400-365) Tetradrachm17 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythes, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘHΣ above. Good VF. Unpublished?
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Samos (BC 200-100) AE0 viewsca 200 BC. AE (1.30g). Facing head of Hera, wearing stephane / Prow of a Samian galley right, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below.
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Samos (BC 200-100) AE1 viewsca 200 BC. AE (0.99g). Prow of a Samian galley right in dotted circle / Prow of a Samian galley left. gF. Rare.
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Samos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius31 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (5.33g). [A]NTΩNINOC - KAICAP(?), laureate head right / C[A]MIΩN, cult-statue of the Samian Hera in long garment and wearing polos, standing right, holding in both hands long ribbons. Good F. Hoeft coll.
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Samos (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian I41 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE30 (12.50g, 6h). Valerian / Tyche.
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