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Live auction - bgr_543085 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque

PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque AU
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Estimate : 280 €
Price : 175 €
Maximum bid : 250 €
End of the sale : 30 July 2019 14:14:09
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,79 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête de Dionysos. Joli revers, de haut relief. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

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


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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