bgr_285805 - PONTUS - AMISOS Dichalque
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Portrait à l’usure régulière. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Schulten d’avril 1987
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d’Éros à droite, ailé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carquois et arc placés verticalement.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Style particulier avec un très beau portrait inhabituel. D’après Hoover ce type pourrait avoir été frappé sous contôle pontique entre 120-111 et 100-100 avant J.-C. au début du règne de Mithridates VI. Ce type semble plus rare. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Distinctive style with a very beautiful unusual portrait. According to Hoover this type could have been struck under Pontic control between 120-111 and 100-100 BC at the beginning of the reign of Mithridates VI. This type seems rarer. This is the first time we offer it for sale
Distinctive style with a very beautiful unusual portrait. According to Hoover this type could have been struck under Pontic control between 120-111 and 100-100 BC at the beginning of the reign of Mithridates VI. This type seems rarer. This is the first time we offer it for sale
Historical background
PONTUS - AMISOS
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Located on the Black Sea between Sinope and Pharnaces, Amisos was founded in the 6th century BC by the Milesians and the Phocaeans. In the middle of the following century, populated by Athenian settlers, it was renamed Peiraeus (Piraeus). Datames seized Amisos in 372 BC, the city became a tributary of the Persians and an oligarchy was established. It was Alexander the Great who liberated the city and restored its democratic status. Its coinage lasted until the 1st century BC, experiencing a significant extension under the reign of Mithridates VI of Pontus (120-63 AC.).
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