ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Paphlagonia, Amastris (c.285-250 B.C.), Silver Didrachm, 9.16g, 1h.Head of Amastris facing right, wearing a Persian headdress ornamented with a wreath and a star. Rev. AMAΣTPIEΩN, Aphrodite seated left, wearing a polos, a sceptre leaning against her left hand, and holding Nike in her outstretched right hand, who crowns her with a wreath, a rose bud on left (SNG BM Black Sea 1302; SNG von Aulock 6800; Prospero 426 (this coin).Good very fine, attractively toned.Rare.
Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 426
Estimate: US$ 3,800