Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Coin of Samos with busts of Caracalla and Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 198–211
Mint: Asia: Ionia (Islands off), Samos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 20 gm. Die Axis: 4
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped busts of Caracalla at left facing Septimius Severus at right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Septimius Severus on horseback right, draped, cuirassed, aiming javelin with right hand; below horse, a prostrate enemy.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Septimius Severus on horseback right, draped, cuirassed, aiming javelin with right hand; below horse, a prostrate enemy.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Madame M. P. Collection; by 1959: with Hôtel Drouot, Paris (auction of Madame M. P. Collection), April 6-7, 1959, lot 272; purchased at the Drouot auction on behalf of MFA by Leu & Co.'s Bank, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Leu & Co.'s Bank for $ 355.95 (this is the total price of 59.293-59.296); accessioned, May 14, 1959