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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2404660, member: 56859&quot;]This thread was fresh on my mind while digging through boxes of coins at CICF and I cam across this decent example from Amastris.&nbsp; It looked very forlorn so for $35, it came home with me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It won&#039;t win any beauty contests-- I tried to pretty it up with the fancy photo background-- but it&#039;s really not a bad example &quot;for the type&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]496065[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris</b></p><p>120 - 63 BC </p><p>AE, 23 mm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; facing gorgoneion in Aegis</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AMAΣ-TPEΩN; Nike advancing right, holding palm frond</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Lindgren 78; BMC 85, 10[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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