bgr_413101 - PONTUS - AMISOS Octochalque, (MB, Æ 24)
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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 : 21,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais. Belle tête. Frappe faible au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
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
Style particulier avec un très beau portrait inhabituel. D’après Hoover ce type pourrait avoir été frappé sous contôle pontique entre 100 et 95 avant J.-C.
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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