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Features
| Issuer |
Amastris
(Paphlagonia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 300 BC - 285 BC |
| Value | 2 Sigloi |
| Currency | Persic siglos/drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 9.56 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 358292 |
| References | Callataÿ Amastris# 22-39, 42-52 François de Callataÿ; 2004. “Le premier monnayage de la cité d'Amastris (Paphlagonie)”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique = Rivista Svizzera di Numismatica (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 83, pages 57-86. , SNG BM Black Sea# 1302-1305Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG von Aulock# 6800Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Stancomb# 731 William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Bradley R. Nelson (ed.); 2011. Numismatic Art of Persia / Part I: Ancient - 650 BC to AD 650: The Sunrise Collection. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Head of Mithras right, wearing Phrygian cap decorated with laurel branch and star.
Reverse
Aphrodite seated left, holding in extended right hand Nike, who crowns her with wreath held in both hands, and cradling lotus-tipped scepter in left arm; rose to left.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙEΩN
Mint
Amastris, Paphlagonia, modern-day Amasra, TurkeyComments
GCV 3670; Pozzi 2104-2106; SNG Stockholm 1868; Hirsch 1422; Consul Weber 2291; BMC Greek 1-3; SNG Delepierre 2478; Ward 587; Gulbenkian 951; Locker-Lampson 263; Weber 4798; SNG-B Raby 1150; SNG Lockett 2648.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (300 BC - 285 BC) | 
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$ 350 | $ 1700 | $ 1700 | |||||||||||
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© British Museum, 1841,B.2347
23 mm • 9.17 g • ↑↑ 12h
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© British Museum, 1979,0101.23
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23 mm • 9.56 g • ↑↑ 11h
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© British Museum, G.4641
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21 mm • 9.3 g • ↑↑ 12h
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