bgr_755331 - PONTUS - AMISOS Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,77 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Arès (Mars) à droite, coiffée d’un casque corinthien à aigrette.
Reverse
Reverse description : Épée dans son fourreau avec le baudrier à droite.
Reverse legend : AMI-SWU
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Exemplaire sans marque au revers, peut-être plus ancie, à placer en début de séquence.
example without mark on the reverse, perhaps older, to be placed at the beginning of the sequence
example without mark on the reverse, perhaps older, to be placed at the beginning of the sequence
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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