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Æ29 - Gordian III ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and patron deity of the city, stands facing left in long chiton and himation, wearing a turreted crown upon her head. In her right hand she holds a ship's rudder, symbolising maritime guidance, while her left arm cradles a cornucopia overflowing with fruits, representing abundance. The figure stands on a ground line within a dotted border, with the civic ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ disposed in the field to the right. |
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| Mint | Samos |
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Samos operated under the Conventus of Miletus during the imperial period, meaning judicial and administrative matters for the island were handled through the mainland assize center rather than locally — a arrangement that shaped how civic coinage was authorized and produced. Provincial bronzes from Samos under Gordian III are not common, and the civic ethnic ϹΑΜΙΩΝ places this firmly within a tradition of island identity assertion through coinage that persisted even as Rome tightened administrative control.
The reference VII.1#592.1 places this within Leschhorn's corpus, where Samian issues of this reign are documented in small die varieties with limited surviving specimens.