RPC IV, 4902


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4902 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	4902 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Amastris
Reign	Uncertain
Issue	Second century AD
Obverse inscription	ΟΜΗΡΟϹ
Edition	Ὅμηρος
Translation	Homer
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Homer, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation	of the Amastrians
Reverse design	turreted Tyche(?) seated, left, holding sword in sheath(?) and spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	4.41 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Rec 33, BMC 13
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 13, pl. XX.3 (rev.)	Rec 33, pl. XVIII.33	21	6.23	6	Show
2	2	V: GR 15289		21	5.40	6	Show
3	3	B: Rauch		21	4.30	6	Show
4	4	Bochum: M 1597		20	3.05	7	Show
5	5	Bochum: M 1597		20	3.05	7	Show