v49_0188 - PONTUS - AMISOS Dichalque, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dichalque, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pont, Amisos
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Très beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Frappe brouillée au revers. Jolie patine vert olive foncé, légèrement écaillée au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB (1991)
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 : AMISOU.
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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