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Description: PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris. Queen Amastris. Circa 300-285 BC. AR Double Siglos – Stater (19mm, 9.74 g, 1h). Head of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap adorned with laurel wreath; bow-in-bowcase to left / Aphrodite seated left, holding in extended right hand Eros, who presents wreath; above, facing head of Helios; lotus-tipped scepter to right, propped against throne. Callataÿ, Premier, Group 1A, 4a (D2/R4 – this coin); RG 1; HGC 7, 352. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse. Very rare, Group 1A stater, 17 noted by Callataÿ, of which 6 are in museum collections, only 1 additional in CoinArchives.
Title: Coin of Queen Amastris
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