Samos struck bronze provincials under Marcus Aurelius as part of the broader Greek Imperial coinage system, which allowed eastern cities to mint low-denomination bronzes for local exchange while Rome controlled the silver. The island's issues from this reign are relatively scarce and tend to appear in limited numbers even in major collections — the Conventus of Miletus oversaw a sprawling jurisdiction, and not every city within it minted consistently or in quantity.
At 16mm and under 3 grams, this sits at the smallest end of Samian civic output for the period.
Samos struck bronze provincials under Marcus Aurelius as part of the broader Greek Imperial coinage system, which allowed eastern cities to mint low-denomination bronzes for local exchange while Rome controlled the silver. The island's issues from this reign are relatively scarce and tend to appear in limited numbers even in major collections — the Conventus of Miletus oversaw a sprawling jurisdiction, and not every city within it minted consistently or in quantity.
At 16mm and under 3 grams, this sits at the smallest end of Samian civic output for the period.