Tripod and serpent

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    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Resurrecting this old thread to show this similarly-themed coin of Amastris in Paphlagonia. It's not the most flattering portrait of the empress, nor is it FDC (but look at the other museum specimens).

    Faustina Jr Amastris serpent and tripod.jpg
    Faustina II, AD 147-175.
    Roman provincial AD 17.2 mm, 4.06 g, 6 h.
    Paphlagonia, Amastris, c. 157-165.
    Obv: ΦΑΥCΤΕΙ-ΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust right.
    Rev: AΜΑCΤ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ, tripod entwined by serpent, head left.
    Refs: RPC IV.1, 9880; SNG Cop 258 v.
     
    Roman Collector, Jul 18, 2021
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