bgr_285800 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec une très belle représentation de la Méduse placée sur l’égide. Joli revers Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Müller (Solingen) de mai 1989
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/ (DAT) - (ATME)
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle de l’égide complète avec la tête de Méduse qui était placée soit sur la cuirasse ou le bouclier d’Athéna. D’après Hoover ce type pourrait avoir ét frappé à Amisos par les partisans de Mithridates VI du Pont entre 105-90 et 90-85 avant J.-C.
Unusual representation of the complete aegis with the head of Medusa, which was placed either on the breastplate or the shield of Athena. According to Hoover, this type may have been struck at Amisos by the followers of Mithridates VI of Pontus between 105-90 and 90-85 BC.
Unusual representation of the complete aegis with the head of Medusa, which was placed either on the breastplate or the shield of Athena. According to Hoover, this type may have been struck at Amisos by the followers of Mithridates VI of Pontus between 105-90 and 90-85 BC.
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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