RPC VII.2, 2173

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2173
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Uncertain
Issue With value mark
Dating AD 218–44
Obverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of Homer wearing taenia, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Γ
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 32; Dalaison 2017, Amastris 28
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5–6: same obv. die. 3: same obv. die as 2171/1.
Note The reference given in Rec 32 to ZfN X (1883), pl. III, 6 (Löbb.) is erroneous as the plate does not show the letter Γ on the rev. of this coin.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 522 SNG 60 = Rec 32, pl. XVIII, 32
2 2     G Hunter 5 = SNG 1142 = Rec 32
3 3     O
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 186, 16 Apr. 2008, lot 79
5 5     Hecht, British Museum filing cards
6 6     Hecht, British Museum filing cards
7 7     Lindgren I, 79