Description: Archaios Numismatics Description: Ancient Bronze Coin of Amastris in Paphlagonia within Asia Minor, circa 85-65 BC. Obverse: Aegis with head of Gorgon in center Reverse: Nike advancing r., holding long palm frond over shoulder. Ethnic ΑΜΑΣ-ΤΡΕΩ[Σ] inscribed across center. Mint: Amastris, Paphlagonia Size: 23 mm Weight: 7.2 g Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1317; BMC Pontus 9. Inventory: 51.13Provenance: CNG 451,624 --> Condition: VF, Pleasant dark patina. Very Interesting type from one of the rarer poleis. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Notes: Amastris (current Amasra, Turkey) was an ancient city of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor founded circ. B.C. 300 on the Black Sea. The city was named for and founded by Amastris, niece of the last Persian King Darius III. She was also Codomannus, wife of Dionysius, tyrant of Heracleia in Bithynia, and after his death also the wife of Lysimachus. The peoples of Sesamus, Cytorus, Cromna, and Tium were brought together into the new city of Amastris. These four small Ionian colonies were also mentioned in the Iliad. The city was placed on a small river of the same name and occupying a peninsula. Tium soon after became independent. The territory of Amastris produced a great quantity of boxwood, which grew on Mount Cytorus. Its tyrant Eumenes presented the city of Amastris to Ariobarzanes of Pontus in c. 265–260 BC rather than submit it to domination by Heraclea, and it remained in the Pontic kingdom until its capture by Lucius Lucullus in 70 BC in the second Mithridatic War. The younger Pliny, when he was governor of Bithynia and Pontus, describes Amastris, in a letter to Trajan,as a handsome city, with a very long open place (platea), on one side of which extended what was called a river Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying !We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well.We do combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation.Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.
Price: 95 USD
Location: Seattle, Washington
End Time: 2024-12-11T21:28:49.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Composition: Bronze
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Era: Ancient
