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A provincial coin of the emperor Philip I from Samosata with a reverse showing Tyche Coin Type: Bronze AE33 of Philip I from Samosata in Commagene
Mint and Date: Samosata, 244-249 CE.
Size and Weight: 32mm x 33mm, 19.82g
Obverse: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ΦΛ CAMOCATEΩN MHTPOΠ KOM
City-goddess seated left on rock, holding ears of corn in right hand, eagle seated on right arm; beneath, Pegasos flying left.
Provenance: shoppin4me2 (eBay), September 2007
Ref: SGI 3953
BW Ref: 025 041 141
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