Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pont, Amisos
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,98 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée avec des faiblesses. Joli portrait de Zeus. Patine foncée
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/ (RKQD)
Commentary
C’est une série importante se déclinant à partir d’un monogramme commun.
It is an important series based on a common monogram
It is an important series based on a common monogram
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 / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
5 Shillings EAST AFRICA 1962 P.41b AU
135.00 €
50 Centimos SPAIN 1937 P.093 VF
5.00 €
10 Shillings ENGLAND 1948 P.368b VF-
20.00 €
PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque AU/XF
150.00 €
GORDIAN III Antoninien AU
33.00 €
CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus, imitation MS
110.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
