bgr_610414 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré au droit. Jolie représentation du Gorgoneion. Frappe brouillée au revers. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face au centre l’égide.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) en chiton talaire marchant à droite, tenant des deux mains une longue palme reposant sur l’épaule ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : [AMI]-SOU/[(SW] -AUTE
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Poids léger. Trace de surfrappe du droit au revers. Représentation inhabituelle de l’égide complète avec la tête de Méduse qui était placée soit sur la cuirasse ou le bouclier d’Athéna.
Lightweight. Trace of overstrike from the right to the reverse. Unusual representation of the aegis complete with the head of Medusa which was placed on either the breastplate or the shield of Athena
Lightweight. Trace of overstrike from the right to the reverse. Unusual representation of the aegis complete with the head of Medusa which was placed on either the breastplate or the shield of Athena
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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