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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8080571, member: 84905&quot;]I bought a group of coins that are attributed to the Samosata mint. Samosata was a city in what is now eastern Anatolia at the border of modern Syria. I always considered the coins that are attributed to Samosata unattractive. However, when this group came up I could not resist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian I</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev.: RESTITVT ORIENTIS</p><p>Mint: Samosata or Antioch</p><p>Date: 255</p><p>Weight: 4.21g, Diameter: 19mm</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC V-1, 287</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin appears to be all copper. Who is the figure that is presenting the laurel wreath to the emperor?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402933[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus</p><p>Obv.: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI</p><p>Mint: Samosata</p><p>Date: AD 260</p><p>Weight: 3.61 g, Diameter: 22mm</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC V 440, Cunetio 1874</p><p><br /></p><p>What is Jupiter handing to the emperor?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402934[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saloninus</p><p>Obv.: SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev.: SPES PVBLICA</p><p>Mint: Samosata or Antioch</p><p>Date: AD 256</p><p>Weight: 3.45g, Diameter: 22mm</p><p>RIC V-1, 36A Antioch</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402935[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Salonina</p><p>Obv.: CORN SALONINA AVG</p><p>Rev.: CONCORDIA AVGG</p><p>Mint: Samosata</p><p>Date: AD 255-258</p><p>Weight: 2.9g; Diameter: 21mm</p><p><br /></p><p>EF, with complete and lustrous silvering</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402936[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one was not part of the group, but since it matches the theme:</p><p><br /></p><p>Quietus</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev.: AP OLINI CONSERVA</p><p>Mint: Samosata or Antioch</p><p>Date: Late 260</p><p>Weight: 5.14g, Diameter 23mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402943[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess there is no certain way of distinguishing coins from Antioch from those of Samosata. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please show us your Eastern Mint coins of Valerian, his family and the usurpers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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