v49_0187 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrachalque, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pont, Amisos
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec un très beau portrait particulier d’Artémis. Trépied de style fin au revers. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1993), de la collection Maurice Laffaille, n° 411 et de la vente Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, n° 411 (300 FS)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Artémis (Diane) à droite, le carquois sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien surmonté d’un lébès.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Style particulier avec un très beau portrait juvénile d’Artémis. Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 103, n° 411.
Distinctive style with a very beautiful youthful portrait of Artemis. This example is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 103, no. 411
Distinctive style with a very beautiful youthful portrait of Artemis. This example is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 103, no. 411
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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