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	9.73 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 370239
References	Callataÿ Amastris# 11-18 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 von Aulock# 6799 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 2477 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , SNG Hart# 947 Keith F. Sugden, Robert Edward Hart; 1989. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 8. The Hart Collection, Blackburn Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , SNG France# 17-19 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 244 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Hirsch# 1421 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , Recueil# 2 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Consul Weber# 2290 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Head of Mên, Amastris or Mithras right, wearing laureate Phrygian cap, bow in bow case behind.

Reverse

(en) Aphrodite enthroned left, Nike right in extended right hand, transverse scepter cradled in left arm.

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)							$ 2300	$ 2300

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Examples of the type

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre 2477; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 7 n° 18; Callataÿ Amastris 13a

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 7 n° 19

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 7 n° 17; Callataÿ Amastris 11b

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2021 December 11 - 13 HKINF World Coins Signature® Auction - Hong Kong 3095 Lot 35025	11 Dec 2021	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5, flan flaw)	USD 1000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Heritage Auctions 2021 May 6 - 7 World and Ancient Coins Platinum Night Auction - Dallas 3091 Lot 32085	7 May 2021	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 2040.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Leu Numismatik Auction 15 Lot 80	1 Jun 2024	VF	USD 10 132.71 (CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 45, 4 April 1989, 113 = Callataÿ Amastris 16a
© Leu Numismatik
	Numismatica Varesi Auction 82 Lot 41	28 Nov 2023	VF	USD 557.30 (EUR 480.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Varesi
	Heritage Auctions 2021 August 19 - 20 ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction 3094 Lot 34099	19 Aug 2021	VF (NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 2600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Monnaies d'Antan Auction 24 Lot 465	17 Nov 2018	VF	USD 348.31 (EUR 300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Monnaies d'Antan
	CNG Auction 106 Lot 293	13 Sep 2017	VF	USD 3600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby’s, 19 June 1991), lot 308; Hans von Aulock Collection, 6799; Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.11 (November 1955), no. 19941 = Callataÿ Amastris 18a
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 Lot 1681	14 Feb 2017	VF	USD 1700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 38 Lot 277	29 Jul 2017	F	USD 429.56 (GBP 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited