Amastris   Paphlagonia
Αμαστρις   Παφλαγονία

AE 20

SHH 2958

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8.24 g   19.0-20.3 mm   12:00 o'clock   F t = ?.?-?.? mm   ρ = ?.?? g/cm^3   σ(240 Hz) obv. 6.7-7.3, rev. 6.3-7.6 MS/m Laureate head of Zeus right. Eagle with spread wings half left, head right, standing on thunderbolt; Monogramm in left field; ΑΜAΣΤΡE below. ? BM 1 Black Sea 1319/1320 ( ca. 85-65 BC); Copenhagen IV 249 (imperial times); Lindgren II & III ---; Sear Greek 3673 (late 2nd - early 1st c. BC, time of Mithradates); Stancomb 738/739 (ca. 85-65 BC) ,