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bgr_434919 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque

PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque MS
MS
200.00 €(Approx. 242.00$ | 172.00£)
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,63 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Magnifique tête de Dionysos au droit. Revers de haut relief où tous les détails sont visibles. Belle patine marron foncé. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
BMC.55  - GC.3640  - Aulock59 var. - Cop.142  - RG.24  - HGCS. 7/243

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos jeune à droite, les cheveux longs avec une couronne de vigne.

Reverse

Reverse description : Ciste mystique sur laquelle est appuyée un thyrse placé transversalement ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : AMISWU/ (RDI) - (MHRK).
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).

Commentary

Le monogramme dans le champ à droite pourrait être celui de Mithridates VI du Pont (120-63 avant J.-C.).

Historical background

BRIDGE - AMISOS

(Second - first century BC)

Placed on the Black Sea between Sinope and Pharnace, Amisus was founded in the sixth century BC by the Phoenicians and the Milesians. In the middle of the next century, populated by Athenian colonists, it was renamed Peiraeus (Piraeus). Datames seized Amisus in 372 BC, the city became dependent on Persian and an oligarchy was established. It was Alexander the Great, who liberated the city and returned his democratic status. His coinage lasted until the first century BC, experiencing a significant expansion during the reign of Mithridates VI of Pontus (120-63 AC)..

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