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Bronze coins show Sames with a pointed Armenian tiara. Bronze coins show Sames with a pointed Armenian tiara.

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For other uses, see Sames.

Sames or Samos I was of Armenian decent, who founded 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.

Kings of Sophene

See also

References

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