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Æ30 - Gordian III ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Hera, patron deity of Samos, depicted standing facing, fully robed in a long chiton and himation rendered with vertical folds. She appears in the traditional cult-statue type associated with the great Heraion sanctuary of Samos, with her arms slightly extended to each side. The figure stands on a low rectangular base or groundline, set within a beaded border, with the ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ distributed in the field to either side above the figure. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Samos issued bronze coinage under the Roman provincial system as part of the Miletus conventus — one of the administrative circuits through which the proconsul of Asia dispensed justice and, indirectly, authorized local civic minting. Gordian III's reign saw a notable surge in provincial bronze production across Asia Minor, partly driven by chronic shortages of official Roman bronze reaching the eastern provinces.
The Samian civic mint was not prolific, and the reference clustering around SNG positions like VII.1#589 reflects how thinly documented many of its issues remain.