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Æ19 - Domitian ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Weight | 5.22 g |
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| Reverse description | The xoanon, or archaic cult statue of Hera Samia, depicted standing erect and facing right, rendered in the stiff, frontal style characteristic of ancient votive images. The figure is shown in the traditional polos-crowned form associated with the famous sanctuary of Hera on Samos. The ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ is inscribed along the left field, identifying the issuing civic authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Samos had a complicated relationship with Roman authority by the Flavian period — the island had lost its long-held free status under Augustus, who stripped it as punishment for sheltering Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and it would not recover that status until Caracalla. Local bronze issues under Domitian were struck by civic authority within the Milesian conventus, the administrative district through which Roman judicial and financial oversight was channeled across Ionia. The ethnic ϹΑΜΙΩΝ identifies the issuing community unambiguously, a common convention for civic bronzes operating without imperial mint supervision.