v45_0107 - PAPHLAGONIA - AMASTRIS Bronze, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: c. 120-63 AC.
Mint name / Town : Paphlagonie, Amastris
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait d’Athéna légèrement tréflé. Revers bien visible. Patine marron clair, superficielle
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier et triple aigrette, orné d'un Pégase.
Reverse
Reverse description : Persée debout de face, tourné à gauche, tenant un harpon de la main droite et la tête de Méduse de la gauche tandis que son corps gît à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : AMAS-TRIS
Reverse translation : (Amastris).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rare représentation de Persée tuant la Méduse.
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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