90.00 €(Approx. 97.20$ | 77.40£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 95-90 ou 80-70 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,05 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, la tête à droite ; un monogramme dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : AMISWU/ (DRIN).
Commentary
Ce type se décline aussi pour plusieurs autres villes 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.).
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
100 Francs DELACROIX modifié FRANCE 1980 F.69.04b VF
13.00 €
20 Francs DEBUSSY FRANCE 1980 F.66.01 AU+
9.00 €
LOUIS XIII Denier tournois, type 1 1617 Paris XF
80.00 €
20 francs or Coq, Liberté Égalité Fraternité 1914 Paris F.535/8 AU55
315.00 €
UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 Souverain Georges V 1914 Londres AU
290.00 €
SWITZERLAND 5 Francs Berger 1923 Berne VF
50.00 €