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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Other Kingdoms| > GB83137
Kingdom of Commagene, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 38 - 72 A.D.
|Other| |Kingdoms|, |Kingdom| |of| |Commagene,| |Antiochus| |IV| |Epiphanes,| |38| |-| |72| |A.D.|, Commagene was located in modern south-central Turkey, with its capital at Samosata (the site is now flooded by the Atatürk Dam). Antiochus IV was an ally of Rome against Parthia and the last royal descendant of Seleucus. He ruled with his half-sister and queen, Iotape. He was deprived of his kingdom after accusations that he was conspiring against Rome. He retired to Rome where he was treated with great respect for the remainder of his life.
GB83137. Bronze AE 27, beveled edge flan; RPC I 3854; BMC Galatia p. 106, 1 ff.; Nercessian AC 199; SNG Cop VII 1; countermark: Howgego 373 (after 69 A.D.), VF, Samosata (site flooded by the Atatürk Dam) mint, weight 12.418g, maximum diameter 28.2mm, die axis 0o, 38 - 72 A.D.; obverse BAΣIΛEYΣ ME ANTIOXOΣ EΠI, beardless diademed bust right, countermark: anchor flanked by A-N; reverse KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath, linear boarder inside wreath, boarder of dots outside wreath; SOLD











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