bgr_1099732 - PAPHLAGONIA - AMASTRIS Tetrachalque
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 95-90 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amastris, Paphlagonie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait de Zeus. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre.
Reverse legend : AMASTRE
Reverse translation : (d’Amastris).
Historical background
PAPHLAGONIA - AMASTRIS
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Amastris was founded in 300 BC near the site of Sesamos, not far from Cromna, in honor of the wife of Lysimachus, Amastris. She was the niece of Darius III Codoman, last king of the Persians, and previously the wife of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea Ponticus. She was assassinated in 289 BC by her sons. The city that bears his name became an important Black Sea port in the Hellenistic period. She had an important role during the Mithridatic Wars.
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