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Features

Issuer	Amastris (Paphlagonia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	90 BC - 85 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	8.21 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 559469
References	Recueil# 52 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Diademed and draped bust of Homer to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: OMHPOC AMACTPIANON

Reverse

Aphrodite seated to left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; AMACTPIC downwards to right, MHTP in exergue, rose in left field.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
AMACTPIC
MHTP

Mint

Amastris, Paphlagonia, modern-day Amasra, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (90 BC - 85 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 Lot 349	11 May 2023	XF	USD 2000.23 (GBP 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Künker Auction 333 Lot 50	16 Mar 2020	VF	USD 2073.98 (EUR 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 96, Cologne, 2011, 57; Peus Nachf. 309, Frankfurt am Main, 1984, 53; Münzen und Medaillen AG 41, Basel, 1970, 341
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg