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bgr_821837 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 7,11 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire légèrement décentré. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos jeune à droite, les cheveux longs avec une couronne de vigne.
Reverse
Reverse description : Ciste mystique sur laquelle est appuyée un thyrse placé transversalement ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : AMISWU/ (RDI) - (MHRK).
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
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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