Æ - Antiochus IV and Iotape Corycus

Antiochus IV of Commagene had an unusual relationship with Rome — deposed by Caligula in 38 AD, then reinstated by Claudius, he ruled a client kingdom whose continued existence depended entirely on imperial favor. Iotape was his sister-wife, a dynastic pairing rooted in Achaemenid tradition that the Commagenian royal house maintained across generations. Coins naming both rulers simultaneously are relatively scarce, as joint issues of this kind were not consistently produced throughout the reign.

Corycus, as a mint city in Cilicia under Commagenian influence during this period, adds a geographic wrinkle that distinguishes this piece from the more common Samosata issues.