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Didrachm with head wearing a Phrygian cap
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 285–250 B.C.
Mint: Paphlagonia, Amastris
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 9.63 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1981.360
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Amastris (?) or Mithras (?) to right, wearing Phrygian cap bound with laurel wreath.
Reverse: Aphrodite (or Anaitis) seated left, holding Eros on outstretched right hand. Scepter leans against throne. Eros reaches up toward facing head of Helios.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Aphrodite (or Anaitis) seated left, holding Eros on outstretched right hand. Scepter leans against throne. Eros reaches up toward facing head of Helios.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., 342 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212 (auction 10, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, September 17-18, lot 150); purchased at Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. auction 10 by MFA; accessioned October 14, 1981