89, Lot: 18. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris. 2nd Century AD. Æ 21mm (5.84 gm). Draped bust of poet Homer right, wearing taenia / River-god Meles reclining left on rock outcropping, holding lyre and reed. SNG Stancomb 1053; cf. SNG Copenhagen 251 (Æ 28); SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, black patina with earthen highlights. Very rare.