CoinsGreek3rd century BCE
Didrachm of Amastris (Paphlagonia)
c. 285 BCE
Description
Obverse: Youthful head (male or female? Mithrasor Amastris?) wearing Phrygian cap bound with laurel wreath, star underneath it, border of dots Reverse: female figure (Anaitis/Aprhodite? or the town Amastris?) seated l. on a throne, wearing veil, calathos, chiton and peplos, holding Nike/Victoria, in her outstretched r. hand, long scepter in her l., in field myrtle bud.
Dimensions
9.5 g
Provenance
D.M.Robinson collection bought fromNaville I. 14 March 1921: Pozzi Collection lot 2105.
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