bgr_262527 - PONTUS - AMISOS Octochalque
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Octochalque
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, un peu court au droit, bien centré au revers. Beau portrait d’Athéna à l’usure importante. Joli revers inhabituel. Sans patine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB (1990) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna Parthenos (Minerve) à droite, coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier et triple aigrette, orné d'un Pégase.
Reverse
Reverse description : Persée debout de face, tourné à gauche, tenant une harpe de la main droite et la tête de Méduse de la gauche tandis que son corps gît à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU/ (PAW)
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Cette série a une chronologie fluctuante qui évolue sur plus d’un siècle. Une datation plus récente doit être adoptée contemporaine des guerres mithridatiques entre 105-90 ou 90-85 avant J.-C..
Heavyweight. This series has a fluctuating chronology that evolves over more than a century. A more recent dating must be adopted, contemporaneous with the Mithridatic Wars between 105-90 or 90-85 BC.
Heavyweight. This series has a fluctuating chronology that evolves over more than a century. A more recent dating must be adopted, contemporaneous with the Mithridatic Wars between 105-90 or 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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