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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Paphlagonia| > GB63162
Amastris, Paphlagonia, c. 85 - 65 B.C.
|Paphlagonia|, |Amastris,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |85| |-| |65| |B.C.|, Amastris was a Persian princess, a niece of the Persian King Darius III. Her second husband was Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica, in Bithynia. She bore him two sons, Clearchus II and Oxyathres. After the death of Dionysius, in 306 B.C., she became guardian of their children and ruler of Heraclea. Amastris married Lysimachus in 302 B.C.; however, Lysimachus soon abandoned her and married Arsinoe II. She founded the city Amastris, on the sea-coast of Paphlagonia, shortly after 300 B.C. by conquering and combining four smaller towns: Sesamus, Cromna, Cytorus and Tium. Tium later regained its autonomy, but the other three remained part of the city of Amastris' territory. She was drowned by her two sons about 284 B.C.
GB63162. Bronze AE 25, SNG Stancomb 737; overstruck on Amisos, AE20 c. 100 - 85 B.C., SNG Stancomb 676 (Ares head / sword in scabbard), aVF, Amastris (Amasra, Turkey) mint, weight 7.820g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 85 - 65 B.C.; obverse aegis with facing head of Medusa (gorgoneion) in center; reverse Nike advancing right, holding palm across shoulders, AMAΣ-TPEΩΣ divided across field, ΔAK monogram lower left; interesting overstrike with easily identified undertype; SOLD



  






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