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Æ29 - Caracalla ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#48223 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the emperor Caracalla facing right, presented from a rear three-quarter perspective, conveying the imperial military character typical of Severan provincial coinage. The paludamentum is visible over the left shoulder, and the cuirass is rendered with characteristic provincial workmanship. A Greek legend encircles the bust in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Samos spent much of the imperial period trading aggressively on its religious prestige — the island claimed Hera's birthplace and leveraged that identity in civic coinage far more than most Aegean communities. Under Caracalla, whose reign saw a notable surge in provincial bronze output across the conventus of Miletus, Samian issues proliferated as cities competed for imperial favor following the Constitutio Antoniniana of 212 AD, which extended citizenship and with it new commercial pressures on civic identity.
The V.2 reference places this among a tightly catalogued Samian group, though die links within the series remain incompletely mapped.