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Æ22 - Philip I ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II as Caesar facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter view, with short-cropped hair rendered in fine strands. The bust displays paludamentum and muscled cuirass details typical of junior imperial portraiture of the mid-third century. The Greek legend encircles the effigy within a dotted border, reading from left to right around the field. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of the city's fortune, stands facing left in long robes, wearing a mural crown upon her head. In her extended right hand she holds a ship's rudder, symbolising maritime prosperity, while her left arm cradles a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and abundance. The figure is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Ionian civic bronzes of the mid-third century AD. The encircling ethnic legend is set within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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