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bgr_494685 - PONTUS - AMISOS Dichalque

PONTUS - AMISOS Dichalque AU
230.00 €(Approx. 248.40$ | 197.80£)
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Persée. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapée tête nue de Persée à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Corne d’abondance (cornucopiae) entre les bonnets des Dioscures surmontés d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU.
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).

Commentary


Style particulier avec un très beau portrait juvénile masculin, parfois identifié comme Persée.

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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