Savatra was an ancient town in Lycaonia. Nearly nothing is known about it, but some of its coins have been preserved and it is mentioned by Strabo, Ptolemy, Hierocles, and the Tabula Peutingeriana.
The name Savatra is spelled as it occurs on coins; Sabatra which is its equivalent in pronunciation is also found, also Soatra, in Strabo.
The town was situated in an arid region on the road from Laodicea Combusta to Archelais.
The name Savatra is spelled as it occurs on coins; Sabatra which is its equivalent in pronunciation is also found, also Soatra, in Strabo.
The town was situated in an arid region on the road from Laodicea Combusta to Archelais.
Modern location: Yağlıbayat, Turkey
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Antoninus Pius
Obverse: laureate head right; ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΑΔΡ__ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CΕ
Reverse: naked unknown deity, half left, holding grain ears and cattail stalk, fish left at the feet; smaller stalk behind; СΑΟVΑ_ΤΡEΩΝ
Diameter:
27 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.6 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.6 g
No notes for this coin
vA Lykao. 166-81, BMC 2; Volume IV, № 7254
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Antoninus Pius
Obverse: ANTΩNINOC?, Laureate head right
Reverse: ϹΑΟΥΑΤΡƐΩΝ, Sheaf of seven ears of corn
Diameter:
17 mm
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
No notes for this coin
RPC Online IV.3 3962 temp