GB84499. Bronze AE 26, Lindgren-Kovacs 1887 (same countermark); RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC -; SNG Cop VII 5; countermark: Howgego 403 (after 69 A.D.), VF, straight edge flan, Samosata (site now flooded by the Atatürk Dam) mint, weight 15.289g, maximum diameter 25.8mm, die axis 0
o, 66 - 72 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛIΣΣA IΩTAΠH ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOΣ (of Queen Iotape Philadelphus), diademed and draped bust of Iotape to right, countermark: crossed cornucopias; reverse KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection;
scarce;
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