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Trihemidrachm
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 205 BC - 129 BC |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull advancing to right, head lowered in a charging posture, rendered in fine Hellenistic relief. A crater (wine vessel) is positioned in the left field, serving as a mint control symbol. Below the bull's chest, a trident head points to the left, a further subsidiary symbol associated with Samian civic iconography. An ear of grain rises diagonally in the right field. The ethnic legend ΣAMIΩN appears in the field, identifying the issuing authority of the island of Samos. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣAMIΩN (Translation: Samos) |
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Samos operated under successive Ptolemaic and later Rhodian commercial influence during much of this period, and the island's silver fractions reflect that entanglement — the trihemidrachm denomination itself was calibrated to function within the broader Aegean trade networks rather than any purely local accounting system. The city lost its autonomy to Rome in 129 BC, the terminal date of this series, when the province of Asia was formally organized following the death of Attalus III.