RPC IV.1, 4913 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4913 (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 ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙϹ
Edition Ἀμάστρις
Translation Amastris
Reverse design turreted, (veiled) and draped bust of Tyche (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.72 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 41, BMC 17
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 526 Rec 41, pl. XIX.5
2 2     L: BMC 17, pl. XX.5
3 3     G: II, 234, no. 6 SNG I, no. 1140
4 4     V: GR 15288
5 5     B: (Fox)
6 6     P: Duplicates
7 7     C: Lewis 1288
8 8     Bern: Righetti 602
9 9     Savoca Coins Blue Auction 126 (12/02/2022), 846