The Poet Homer

CNG 100, Lot: 1718. Estimate $500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Æ (21mm, 6.63 g, 6h). OMHPOC, draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenea / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right. RG 50; SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, green patina. Very rare.