| Issuer | Samosata (Syria) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | |
| Currency | |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 8.25 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | |
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| Reference(s) | IV.3#9025 |
| Obverse description | Laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | Α Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates) |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | Φ ϹΑΜ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤ? ΜΗΤ ΚΟΜ ΕΤ ΒϘ (Translation: of the Flavian Samosateans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, metropolis of Commagenes, year 92) |
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| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (161-169) - - |
| Numisquare ID | 7446968360 |
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