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Stater
| Issuer | Amastris |
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| Year | 285 BC - 250 BC |
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| Weight | 9.57 g |
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| Reverse description | Aphrodite enthroned left on a high-backed throne, holding in her extended right hand a Nike figurine and in her left hand a lotus-tipped scepter. Beneath the throne, a monogram appears in the field; to the left, a rose serves as a secondary symbol. The ethnic inscription ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΕΩΝ runs in the field, identifying the issuing city of Amastris. The composition reflects the Hellenistic civic coinage tradition of Paphlagonia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΕΩΝ |
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Amastris was a city on the Black Sea coast of Paphlagonia founded around 300 BC by the Macedonian noblewoman of the same name — a niece of Darius III who had married and divorced both Craterus and Dionysius of Heraclea before establishing her own polis through synoikism of four smaller settlements. She was murdered by her own sons, who were then executed by Lysimachus. The city passed through several Hellenistic hands before asserting enough civic autonomy to strike independent silver coinage.
The Boston MFA example, catalogued as #1362, remains one of the better-documented specimens of this infrequently studied mint.