bgr_672493 - PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 85-65 AC.
Mint name / Town : Dia, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Zeus. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, la tête à droite ; un monogramme dans le champ à gauche ; une étoile à huit rais à droite.
Reverse legend : DIAS/ (GCR).
Reverse translation : (Dia).
Commentary
Ce monnayage appartient à une série symmachique qui associe des cités du Pont, de Paphlagonie et de Bithynie sous le règne de Mithridates VI du Pont (120-63 avant J.-C.). Pour Hoover ce type serait frappé entre 100-95 et 90-80 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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