Amastris

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 410

The mint at the ancient site of Amastris in Paphlagonia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 267 - Amastris, silver, staters (300-285 BCE)		Silver	2,871 kg
S 266 - Amastris, silver, staters (300-285 BCE)		Silver	1,508 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2987 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 13107)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3569 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, 3 Dec. 2014, 146)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3101 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Amasya Museum, 78.2.20)		Bronze	95 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
23595 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Amastris (aegis/Nike) (N&N London Ltd, EA 41, Dec. 2023, 258)		Bronze	90 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	amastris
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Amastris in Paphlagonia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	844856
Ancient regionAncient region.	Paphlagonia Nomisma: paphlagonia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	41° 44' 49.09" N, 32° 23' 8.33" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amasra https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844856 http://sws.geonames.org/8077902/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x46949 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002335

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Literature

• Callataÿ 2004b
• Ireland 2000

Authors

• François de Callataÿ
• Stanley Ireland