Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ24 - Severus Alexander ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | RPC VI#5287 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The river god Imbrasus, the mythological personification of the principal river of Samos, depicted as a reclining male figure turned to the left. He holds a reed in one hand and a cornucopia in the other, while resting his arm upon an overturned vase from which water flows, a standard iconographic convention for river deities in provincial Roman coinage. The reverse legend appears in the field identifying the issuing community. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
| Additional information |
Samos sat within the conventus of Miletus during the Severan period, meaning local civic bronze was authorized through Roman provincial administrative channels rather than issued freely. The island's mint was intermittently active — output varied considerably depending on local festivals, imperial visits, and the political appetite of the civic magistrates who funded these issues. No imperial visit to Samos is recorded under Severus Alexander, so this coin most likely commemorates a local religious or civic occasion rather than any direct imperial engagement.
The ϹΑΜΙΩΝ ethnic places this firmly among the island's self-identifying civic issues, a designation Samos maintained with some pride given its ancient status as a free city under earlier Roman arrangements.