bgr_484090 - PONTUS - AMISOS Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 300-125 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante au droit. Joli revers. A été nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Tyché à gauche, coiffée d'un stéphanos tourelé avec boucles d'oreille et collier ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout de face sur un bouclier, les ailes déployées.
Reverse legend : AI-NE
Reverse translation : (Aine).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, l’ethnique n’est pas présent. Comme l’exemplaire de la collection van Aulock, le poids de cet exemplaire est différent et doit être frappé sur l’étalon rhodien plutôt que persique.
On this example, the ethnic symbol is not present. Like the example in the van Aulock collection, the weight of this example is different and must have been struck on the Rhodian rather than the Persian standard.
On this example, the ethnic symbol is not present. Like the example in the van Aulock collection, the weight of this example is different and must have been struck on the Rhodian rather than the Persian standard.
Historical background
PONTUS - AMISOS
(3rd 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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