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Æ30 - Septimius Severus ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ (Translation: Julia Domna Augusta) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Samos had been a free city under Roman administration since Augustus stripped it of that status briefly before restoring it — a political favor the island leveraged for centuries in its civic coinage. Issues under Septimius Severus from the Miletan conventus reflect the reorganization of Asia's judicial districts, with Samos producing bronze for local exchange rather than any imperial directive.
The ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ places this firmly within the civic tradition of Greek-language bronze production that Rome largely left undisturbed across western Asia Minor.