1.1965.2123: Didrachm of Amastris (Paphlagonia)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2123
- Title
- Didrachm of Amastris (Paphlagonia)
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 285 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Amastris (Paphlagonia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170237
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.5 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- D.M.Robinson collection bought fromNaville I. 14 March 1921: Pozzi Collection lot 2105.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2123
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Youthful head (male or female? Mithrasor Amastris?) wearing Phrygian cap bound with laurel wreath, star underneath it, border of dots
Reverse: female figure (Anaitis/Aprhodite? or the town Amastris?) seated l. on a throne, wearing veil, calathos, chiton and peplos, holding Nike/Victoria, in her outstretched r. hand, long scepter in her l., in field myrtle bud.
Verification Level
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