Stater - Amastris

Features

Issuer	Amastris (Paphlagonia)
Królowa	Amastris (300 BC - 284 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 285 BC
Value	2 Sigloi
Currency	Persic siglos/drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	9.41 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 358239
References	Callataÿ Amastris# 1-10 François de Callataÿ; 2004. “Le premier monnayage de la cité d'Amastris (Paphlagonie)”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique = Rivista Svizzera di Numismatica (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 83, pages 57-86. , SNG BM Black Sea# 1297-1298 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG von Aulock# 6798 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Stancomb# 728 William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. , SNG-B Raby # 1149 John F. Healy; 1986. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 7. Manchester University Museum : The Raby and Güterbock Collections. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen Supp# 288 Sabine Schultz, Jan Zahle; 2002. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Supplement. Acquisitions 1942-1996. Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark. , Weber# 4796 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Recueil# 1 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , GCV# 3669 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , HGC 7# 352 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(en) Head of Amastris to right, wearing mitra wreathed with laurel; behind, bow and quiver.

Reverse

(en) Amastris as Aphrodite seated left on throne, holding in extended right hand Eros, who presents wreath; above, facing head of Helios; lotus-tipped scepter to right, propped against throne.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙOΣ
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ

Mint

Amastris, Paphlagonia, modern-day Amasra, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 285 BC)							$ 2100	$ 3600

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Stater - Amastris

SNG BM Black Sea 1297; SNG von Aulock 6798; Callataÿ Amastris 7b

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SNG BM Black Sea 1298; Weber 4796; Callataÿ Amastris 3a

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Picture 2 of the example of Stater - Amastris

Callataÿ Amastris 1d

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Callataÿ Amastris 1a

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 207 Lot 254	15 Oct 2012	XF	USD 3686.90 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex G&M 67, May 2, 1994, lot 200 = Callataÿ Amastris 10a
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Hess Divo Auction 317 Lot 207	27 Oct 2010	XF	USD 3529.12 (CHF 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Leu Numismatics 79, Zurich, October 31, 2000, lot 611 = Callataÿ Amastris 1c
© Hess Divo
	The New York Sale Auction 54 Lot 37	11 Jan 2022	VF	USD 800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Freeman & Sear 13 (25 August 2006), 704
© The New York Sale
	Heritage Auctions 2021 June 24 - 25 HKINF World Coins Signature Auction - Hong Kong 3092 Lot 38023	24 Jun 2021	VF (NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 2880.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXI Lot 162	24 Mar 2021	VF	USD 2008.58 (GBP 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XVIII Lot 415	29 Sep 2019	VF	USD 2276.39 (GBP 1700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the William Stancomb Collection = SNG Stancomb 728 = Callataÿ Amastris 8
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 425 Lot 154	25 Jul 2018	VF	USD 3000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 67 Lot 629	22 Sep 2004	VF	USD 715.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 347 (23 April 2003), lot 86
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	The New York Sale Auction 5 Lot 131	16 Jan 2003	VF	USD 800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
= Callataÿ Amastris 4a
© The New York Sale
	Heritage Auctions 2018 January 7 - 8 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction - New York 3061 Lot 29140	7 Jan 2018	VF (NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 1000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions