RPC IV.1, 4905 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4905 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Uncertain
Issue Second century AD
Obverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Homer, r.
Reverse inscription ΜΕΛΗϹ ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design river-god Meles reclining, l., holding lyre and reed, resting on water-urn
Metal Æ
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Rec 38, Cop 251
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: no number
2 2     P: no number, authenticity doubtful
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     Cop: 251
5 5     ✸ V: GR 15287 Rec 38, pl. XIX.3, authenticity doubtful: cast?
6 6     Milan
7 7     St Petersburg
8 8     G: II, 233, no. 4 SNG I, no. 1139