bgr_884885 - PONTUS - AMISOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 80-70
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée d’Héraklès à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue et carquois.
Reverse legend : AMI-SOU
Reverse translation : (D’Amisos).
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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