120 BC - 63 BC

Amastris   Paphlagonia
Αμαστρις   Παφλαγονία
 AE 24
 SHH 7067


7067 Amastris Paphlagonia AE
 Mο 0077
Mo 94

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Provenance
 7.75 g   22.7-24.4 mm   2.0 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 5.1, rev. 5.2 MS/m
Aegis with head of Gorgon in the center.
Nike advancing right, carrying palm branch; [Α]ΜAΣ / ΤΡE[ΩΣ] on either side;
monogramm in lower left field (lost in weak strike region).
Irregular straight grooves, hand-saw marks, on both sides.
Possibly overstrike over Ares/Sword coin, SHH type 19.
BM Black Sea 1315/1318 ( ca. 85-65 BC); BMC Paphlagonia 9/10 (time of Mithradates);
Copenhagen IV 246 (time of Mithradates); HGC VII 362; Lindgren III 78;
Sear Greek 3675 (late 2nd - early 1st c. BC, time of Mithradates);
Stancomb 736/737 (ca. 85-65 BC)
Ex Roma Numismatics 68168, 27.2.2020; ex William Stancomb collection;
ex Spink & Son, 1.2004