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For other uses, see Sames.

Sames or Samos I was the founder of the Kingdom of Sophene and the city of Samosata first mentioned by Eratosthenes in 245 BC. Ziaelas of Bithynia took refuge at the court of Satrap (Governor) Sames in Samosata in 260 BC. He was succeeded by his son Arsames I.

Bronze coins show Sames with a pointed Armenian tiara.

v t e Kings of Sophene
Sames I (ca. 260 BC) Arsames I (ca. 240 BC) Xerxes (ca. 220 BC) Zariadres (ca. 190 BC) Mithrobouzanes (second half of the 2nd-century BC) Arkathias (second half of the 2nd-century BC) Artanes (ca. 95 BC)

Wayne G. Sayles, "Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures", Krause Publications, 1999, ISBN 0873417534, p.29