| CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
| BMC 7 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE28. 85-65 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AMAΣ-TΡEΩΣ, Perseus standing front, holding harpa and head of Medusa, with her body at his feet. ΣATA monogram in left field, AMTE monogram in right field. BMC 7-8; RecGen 15.3; SNG Stancomb 735; BMC Black Sea 1313. | Text | Image |
| BMC 15 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE20. OMHΡOC, bust of Homer right, wearing taenia / AMACTΡIANΩN MEΛHC above and beneath river-god Meles, reclining left, himation over lower limbs, holding lyre and reed and resting left arm on overturned urn or rock. BMC 15. | Text | Image |
| BMC 17 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE21. Semi-autonomous issue. AD 146-180. 6.63 g. OMHΡOC, bearded and draped bust of Homer right, hair bound in a taenia. / AMACTΡIC, turreted and veiled head of Tyche right. BMC 17; RecGen 41; Hunter 6; SNG Righetti 602; Kapossy GM 23; SNG Lewis 1288. | Text | Image |
| Noury Bey 715 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE26, semi-autonomous issue, AD 138-161. 12.3 g. OMHΡOC, head of Homer right, hair bound in a taenia. / AMACTΡIANΩN ΠAΡΘENIOC, river-god Parthenios reclining left, leaning on altar, holding prow and reed. Noury Bey 715; Niggeler I 587. | Text | Image |
| Reich 48870 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, 2nd century AD. OMHΡOC; head of Homer right, wearing taenia / AMACTΡIANΩN; emperor standing left, holding patera over altar in right, long sceptre in left hand. SNG von Aulock cf. 6806 (same obverse die), unpublished. A. Reich Collection 48870. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 1302 | Amastris, Paphlagonia. Mid 3rd Century BC. AR Didrachm. Young head right, in laureate leather cap decorated with star / Aphrodite seated left in kalathos, with sceptre and Nike who crowns her; rose bud left. BMC Black Sea 1302; Dewing 2123-2124.
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| SNG BMC 1302 (2) | Amastris, Paphlagonia AR Didrachm. Circa 285 BC. Head of Amastris right, in mitra with wreath and star / AMAΣTΡIEΩN, Aphrodite seated left, in polos and holding Nike in right hand, sceptre in left; to left, myrtle bud. RecGen 5, SNG von Aulock 152, Dewing 2123/2124.
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| SNG BMC 1312 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE28. 85-65 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AMAΣ-TΡEΩΣ, Perseus standing front, holding harpa and head of Medusa, with her body at his feet. No monograms. RecGen 15.1; BMC Black Sea 1312; SNG Stancomb 734. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 246 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE21. 120-63 BC. Aegis with Gorgoneion in the centre / Nike walking right, holding palm branch.
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| SNG France 7, 44 | Amastris, Paphlagonia. AE20. Dated Year 1 of the Lucullan era. 70-69 BC. 20.22 mm, 7.23 g. Turreted head of Tyche right / A (AM)AΣ-TΡEΩΣ, legend in three lines within laurel wreath. Hoover HGC 363; cf SNG France 7, 44; RecGen 24; Weber 4799; RPC I 2106 (All with year B above). | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 158 | Amastris, Paphlagonia. 120-63 BC, AE 19mm. Bearded head of Zeus right / AMAΣTΡ, beneath eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right; monogram left, star right. BMC 5; Waddington 14; SNG von Aulock 158. | Text | Image |
| Waddell 1, 77 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE26, semi-autonomous issue, AD 193 and 217. OMHΡOC, diademed, draped and bearded bust of Homer right. / AMACTΡIANΩN, Athena seated left, holding spear, right hand raised to her face, shield behind her. Unpublished obv/rev combination. Waddell 1, 77. RecGen 136 var (this reverse with Julia Domna on obverse; BMC 33 var (ditto). | Text | Image |
| DOMITIAN |
| RPC 713 | Domitian, AE22 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣEB ΓE, radiate head right / ΔIONYΣOΣ AMAΣTΡIANΩN, Dionysos, loins draped (long), standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG France VII, 63; RPC 713; BMC 4; Paris 1972.927; Correction of RecGen 24 and Bernhart 445 (rev. legend and attributed to Tium, Bithynia due to misreading of rev legend). | Text | Image |
| DOMITIA |
| Wildwinds 38532 | Domitia, AE26 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. 81-96 AD. ΔOMITIA ΘEA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right / HΡA..AMA-ΣTΡIANΩN, Hera standing left, holding sceptre. Not in RPC for any city with this obv. legend. Wildwinds 38532 | Text | Image |
| ANTONINUS PIUS |
| Mionnet 28 | Antoninus Pius, AE27 pf Amastris, Paphlagonia. 138-161 AD. AYT KAICAΡ ANTΩNEINOC, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / AMACTΡIANΩN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting on club set on rock or cippus. Mionnet Suppl. IV, 28; SNG France 7, 73; cf. RecGen 69. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 65 | Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AYT KAICAΡ AΔΡ ANTNΩEINOC, laureate head right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Hermes standing facing, head right, holding purse and caduceus. RecGen 65. | Text | Image |
| MARCUS AURELIUS |
| RecGen 80 | Marcus Aurelius, AE of Amastris, Paphlagonia. KAICAΡ OVHΡOC, bare head right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Hygieia standing left, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms. RecGen 80; SNG France 7, 87; Paris 551; BMC 22-23. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 82 | Marcus Aurelius AE18 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 138-161. 4.01 g. OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare head right. / AMACTΡIANΩN, Harpocrates, naked, standing left, wearing tall headdress, holding cornucopiae and raising fingers to lips. RecGen 82; SNG Cop 254; RPC IV 5396; Florence 34929. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 83 | Marcus Aurelius, AE19 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 144-161. 3.97 g. OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right. / AMACTΡIANΩN, humped bull standing right. RecGen (1925) 83; Weber 4802; Paris 553; SNG von Aulock 162 and 6811. | Text | Image |
| SNG Stockholm 1895 var | Marcus Aurelius, AE23 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. 6 g. AD 161-180. M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Hermes, naked walking left, holding caduceus in raised right hand and discus in lowered left. SNG Stockholm 1895 var (obv. legend and bust type); not in RecGen (or Babelon's additions), Paris, SNG France V, RPC online etc. | Text | Image |
| FAUSTINA II |
| Lindgren 82 | Faustina II AE23 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 146-180. ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH, Draped bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Winged Nemesis standing left, holding bridle and horizontal wand. Lindgren 82 otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS |
| Kurth Dionysos 1566a | Septimius Severus, AE of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AY KAI CEΠ CEYHΡOC Π, laureate head right. / AMACTΡIANΩN, On the left, Dionysos, naked, standing right, holding vine-shaped sceptre, a nymph walking right before him, her left hand pulling at the veil of a veiled sleeping Ariadne lying left on the ground before them; vine branch with a bunch of grapes in right field. Kurth Dionysos 1566a. SGR collection. | Text | Image |
| Wildwinds 38534 | Septimius Severus AE28 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 193-211. 12.20 g. AY K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AMACTΡIANΩN, Eirene standing right, holding the infant Pluto in her left arm, sceptre in right hand. RecGen 154 var (this reverse for Caracalla). CNG 53, 1070; Wildwinds 38534. Unpublished. | Text | Image |
| CARACALLA |
| Baker 8955 | Caracalla, AE23 of Amastris, Paphlagonia, 6 g. M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Hermes, naked, walking left, holding caduceus in raised right hand and discus in lowered left. RecGen and additions -; SNG France VII -; Arslan 1992 -; Isegrim -. John Baker coll. 8955. | Text | Image |
| GETA |
| RecGen 151a | Geta AE18 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 205-211. Π CEΠ ΓETAC K, bare-headed and draped bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Bull standing right. RecGen 151a. | Text | Image |
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| RecGen 152 | Geta AE21 of Amastris in Paphlagonia. AD 209-212. AYT K Π CE ΓETAC AYΓ, Laureate bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Pallas Athena, helmeted standing right, wearing chiton and peplos, holding spear and owl. RecGen 152. | Text | Image |
| Roma XX, 383 | Geta AE27 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 209-211. 10.74 g. AYT K Π CEΠ ΓETAC AYΓ, laureate head left. / AMACTΡIANΩN, Atargatis-Cybele, turreted and draped, holding sceptre in outstretched right hand, left hand on hip, riding on the back of a lion walking left. Urn with vine tendrils below. Unpublished. Roma XX, 383. | Text | Image |
| GORDIAN III |
| RecGen 32 | Amastris, Paphlagonia, AE21. 4.06g. OMHΡOC, bearded, draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia, countermark of Gordian III (Howgego 43) / AMAΣTΡIANΩN, Zeus Sarapis seated left, holding sceptre, Cerberus at foot. RecGen 32; Lindgren 79. | Text | Image |
| RN 8767 | Gordian III, AE27 of Amastris, Paphlagonia. ..YT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Isis Pharia sailing right, head facing, holding a billowing sail. Not in SNG Cop, BMC, Mionnet, Isegrim, Lindgren. | Text | Image |
| TRANQUILLINA |
| Rec Gen 174 | Tranquillina, AE 30mm (8 assarion) of Amastris, Paphlagonia. AD 241-244. CABEINIA TΡANKYΛΛEINA, Draped bust right / AMACTΡIANΩN, Zeus and Hera standing facing each other, value letter H in lower centre. Rec Gen 174; BMC 35. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Amastris, Paphlagonia on the Digital Historia Numorum | |
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