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PAPHLAGONIA. Amastris. Anonymous Issue. Ca. 2nd century AD. AE (21mm, 5.92 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5. Ο-ΜΗ-ΡΟϹ, diademed, draped bust of Homer right, seen from front / ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Meles, river-god, reclining left on water-urn, lyre resting on right knee with right hand, leaning on left arm with reed in left hand; ΜΕΛΗϹ in exergue. RPC IV.1, Online temp. 4905. SNG Stancomb 1053 (this coin). Very rare. Well-struck and centered on a mix of chocolate and caramel surfaces.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Electronic Auction 68 (27 February 2020), lot 169; William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000); A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, private purchase (1975); noted as "ex Hellier", with old collector's tag
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
PAPHLAGONIA. Amastris. Anonymous Issue. Ca. 2nd century AD. AE (21mm, 5.92 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5. Ο-ΜΗ-ΡΟϹ, diademed, draped bust of Homer right, seen from front / ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Meles, river-god, reclining left on water-urn, lyre resting on right knee with right hand, leaning on left arm with reed in left hand; ΜΕΛΗϹ in exergue. RPC IV.1, Online temp. 4905. SNG Stancomb 1053 (this coin). Very rare. Well-struck and centered on a mix of chocolate and caramel surfaces.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Electronic Auction 68 (27 February 2020), lot 169; William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000); A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, private purchase (1975); noted as "ex Hellier", with old collector's tag
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-provincial/ancients-paphlagonia-amastris-anonymous-issue-ca-2nd-century-ad-ae-21mm-592-gm-6h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-2-5/a/3101-32071.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3101-08252022
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD