bgr_504529 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré au droit, décentré au revers. Très belle tête de Persée de haut relief. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Persée à droite coiffée du bonnet phrygien.
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase debout à gauche, les ailes ouvertes, levant l’antérieur droit.
Reverse legend : [A]MISOU/ [(MIQRDT) (MHRK)]
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle de Persée au droit associé à Pégase au revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Unusual representation of Perseus on the obverse associated with Pegasus on the reverse. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Unusual representation of Perseus on the obverse associated with Pegasus on the reverse. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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