v49_0186 - PONTUS - AMISOS Octochalque, (MB, Æ 24)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
Type : Octochalque, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 125-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pont, Amisos
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Épaisse patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1993), de la collection Maurice Laffaille, n° 414 et de la vente Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, n° 414 (800 FS)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste juvénile de Mithra à droite, coiffé d’un bonnet conique de cuir.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carquois.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU
Reverse translation : (d’Amisos).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 105, n° 414.
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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