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darknet New Member Bulgaria 1 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 09:58 am any ideas? regards, darkk Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 10:55 am Found it. Amastris in Paphlagonia, in what is now the Black Sea coast of northern Turkey. called a "didrachm" on Wildwinds, a "stater" in Sear, circa 250 BC. This one and this one are examples on Wildwinds. Obverse: young head (either the god Mithras or the Princess Amastris, whom the city was named after). Reverse: Aphrodite enthroned, holding victory which crowns her with a wreath, AMASTRIEWN (in Greek) down the right hand side. Listed in the Sear catalogue as #3670. There aren't any fakes of Amastris coins listed on FORVM, but I'm still getting little alarm bells going off in my head with this one. The pics are too blurry to make any kind of definitive authenticity judgement on. Check the weight, if you have access to an accurate balance - it should be around 9.6 grams. Can we have an indication of provenance (where and how it was obtained)? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 10/24/2007 10:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 4:32 pm Hello and welcome to the forum, I agree with SAP, from the images this coin looks like it may be a reproduction. If you can provide clearer images and check the weight. Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 8:28 pm It is a Slavey reproduction. Bill at Ancients.Info has a gallery of Slavey's with one of these. Report this Post to the Staff
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