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bgr_662822 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque

PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque XF
200.00 €(Approx. 218.00$ | 166.00£)
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré, éclaté à 12h. Joli portrait ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine marron
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 : AMISOU/ (MIQRDT) (MHRK).
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).

Commentary


Représentation inhabituelle de Persée au droit associé à Pégase au revers. Sous l’ethnique, on trouve le monogramme de Mithridate VI du Pont.

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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