Description: Commagene, Samosata, Philip I (244 - 249 AD). AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC CEB; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΦΛ CAMOCΑΤΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΟΜ; Tyche seated left on rock, eagle seated on right arm, beneath Pegasus flying left.

Diameter: AE31 mm

Weight: 15,04 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: BMC 51

Commentary: attractive light green patina, perfectly centered, good details

History: Samosata was an important border city on the west bank of the Euphrates River; its remains were flooded in 1980s by the Atatürk Dam and lie now 120 m under water.

Article Number: 018-01-01-41652