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bgr_262524 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque

PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec un très beau portrait particulier d’Artémis. Trépied de style fin au revers. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1993), de la collection Maurice Laffaille, n° 411 et de la vente Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, n° 411 (300 FS) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Artémis (Diane) à droite, le carquois sur l’épaule.

Reverse


Reverse description : Trépied delphien surmonté d’un lébès.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU.
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).

Commentary


Style particulier avec un très beau portrait juvénile d’Artémis. Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 103, n° 411.

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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