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Home > Pontos Last additions - Pontos Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE 241080 viewsTime of Augustus. AE24 (12.91g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Amisos standing right, facing Roma standing left, holding a patera, shield and spear, ΑΜΙΣΗΝΩΝ below. Good VF, glossy green patina. Rare.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 12789 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE12 (1.09g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΑΜΙ-Σ[ΟΥ], club and quiver; monogram to left. EF, dark green, almost black, patina. Very rare.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 211001 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE21 (8.33g). Diademed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, tripod. EF, dark brown patina with tan high points.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE1154 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE. Head of Artemis right / Owl in wreath, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 251053 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE25 (20.70g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. Near EF, dark olive green patina with a dusting of earthen encrustation. Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 141400 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE14 (2.50g). Head of Perseus right, wearing a winged Phrygian helmet / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, winged harpa; monogram to right. EF, glossy black patina under earthen encrustationFeb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221174 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.33g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE1537 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE (12.34g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Persian tiara / Pegasos grazing left on ground line, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ and mongram below. Dark brown patina, good VF.Feb 28, 2005 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 311288 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE31 (19.59g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style, thin dark-green patina, slight weakness on reverse. EF/gVF.Feb 28, 2005 (BC 120-63) Mithdradates VI - Tetradrachm2960 viewsMithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.31g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 11 of 202 BE (August 95 BC). Diademed head right, hair neatly tucked under diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, stag grazing left; star and crescent to left, BΣ (year) and monogram to right, IA (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Good VF, toned, slight die shift on obverse.Feb 07, 2005 Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla835 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (16.34g), 209 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Altar aflame, tree at left. Good VF.Jan 29, 2005 (BC 120-63) Mithradates VI - AV Stater6520 viewsMithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AV Stater (8.46g). Pergamon mint. Dated year 4 of Pergamene Era (86/85 BC); struck during the First Mithradatic War. Diademed head right, hair tousled and flowing freely / Stag grazing left; pellet below, star and crescent to left, D (date) to right, monogram in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Good VF, minor scrape in reverse field. Very rare. Mithradates' career driven by megalomaniacal ambitions leading to murderous assaults upon family and followers and disastrous foreign adventures against superior forces. His idealized portraiture attempts to mimic the gods with its bold staring gaze and unruly, free-flowing hair. The wreath of ivy on the reverse reinforces Mithradates' link with the gods as well as making a connection with the cistaphoric coinage that formerly circulated in the Asian territory he conquered in his first war with Rome in 88 BC, which witnessed the horrific massacre of the Roman citizens of Asia Minor. The stag probably represents the civic center of Ephesos and the mintmark is of Pergamon, all part of the new Pontic kingdom, symbolized by the star and crescent.Jan 06, 2005 Pharnakeia (BC 85-65) AE1150 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE (8.73g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt. Dark brown patina, EF.Jan 06, 2005 (BC 200-169) Pharnakes III - Tetradrachm2461 viewsca 170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g, 12h), Sinope mint. Diademed and bearded head of Pharnakes III to right / Pantheistic male deity standing facing, wearing broad petasos, chiton, chlamys and high boots, holding a cornucopiae and a kerykeion with his left hand and feeding a fawn standing right from a vine branch and grapes held in his right; thunderbolt above his head, star within crescent to left. RRR! Toned, probably the finest known tetradrachm of Pharnakes, and with the most realistic of all Hellenistic portraits. Extremely fine. From the collection of W. Wahler, Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (11/1990), 119, ex Numismatic Fine Arts V (2/1978), 123, and Monnaies et Medailles 47 (11/1972), 475. Jan 06, 2005 (BC 220-200) Mithradates III - Tetradrachm4105 viewsca 220-196/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.19g, 12h). Amaseia or Sinope mints. Diademed and draped bust to right / Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter; star within crescent to left; monogram below throne. Extremely rare. Toned, EF. Gillet Coll., Bank Leu & Munzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund) (5/1974), 243; Rothschild coll., SWH (5/1900), 304; Carfrae coll., SWH (5/1894), 187; Dupree Coll., Hoffmann (4/1867), 240.1 commentsJan 06, 2005 Amaseia (BC 120-63) AE 171683 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE17 (3.98g). Winged head of Perseus right / Cornucipiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi with stars on top, ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙ[ΑΣ] below. Black patina, good VF.Jan 05, 2005 Amaseia (AD 165-166) AE - Lucius Verus884 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (21.92g), dated year 165 (165-166 AD). Laureate bust right / Ares standing right, helmeted and armed, spear in right hand, shield in left; naked Aphrodite standing left, right hand covering breasts, left hand on groin, in shame. Green-brown patina, good VF. The Amaseian era began on October 1, 1.Jan 05, 2005 Trapezos (BC 350-330) Drachm2284 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 12h). Bearded head of young male left, in dotted circle / Rectangular table, grape bunches on top, TPA below. Very rare. Toned, VF.Jan 05, 2005 Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordianus III613 viewsGordianus III, 238-244. AE31 (15.22g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, Κ Îœ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ, Prize-urn with two branches, ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟ ΝΤΟΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙ ΕΤΡΟ. Very fine. Apparently unpublished. Dec 28, 2004 Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1343 viewsearly 4th century BC. AR Siglos or Drachm (5.53g). Head of Tyche left, wearing turreted stephane / Owl standing facing on shield, sword in sheath to right, AΦ-PO/ ΠΕΙΡΑ (magistrate) around and below.Dec 21, 2004 Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 212357 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (7.25g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. Good VF, glossy dark brown patina, some encrustation on bust, light smoothing on reverse. Dec 06, 2004 Chabakta (BC 85-65) AE 211050 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (8.01g). Head of Ares right in crested helmet / ΧΑΒΑΚΤ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath; star over moon and monogram to left. Good VF, red-brown patina.Dec 06, 2004 Chabakta (BC 100-85) AE 241302 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE24 (11.58g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian helmet / Pegasos standing left, drinking, ΧΑΒΑΚΤΩΝ in exergue, monogram below. EF, dark green patina, some light roughness.Dec 06, 2004   323 coins on 4 page(s) 1 2 3 4