E-auction 60-27558 - bgr_330596 - PONTUS - AMASEIA Dichalque,
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 14 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 June 2014 15:03:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Dichalque,
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pont, Amasie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste juvénile 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 : AMAS-SEIAS.
Reverse translation : (d’Amaseia).
Commentary
Style particulier avec un très beau portrait juvénile masculin, parfois identifié comme Persée. Ce type semble plus rare pour Amasie.
Historical background
PONTUS - AMASEIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Amasia belonged to the kings of Pontus. It was also their capital until the capture of Sinope in 183 BC. It was one of the important cities of the Pontian coalition of Mithridates VI of Pontus (120-63 BC) . Lucullus seized the city in 70 BC During the reorganization of Asia Minor by Pompey in 64 BC, Amasia was certainly one of the eleven cities of Pontus. The city followed the fate of Pontus, which became a Roman province before the end of the 1st century BC..
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