120 BC - 63 BC

Amisus   Pontus
Αμισός   Πόντος
 AE 28
 SHH 2743

2743 Amisus Pontus AE
 Mo_0042a
Mo  42a		 Mo_0027
Mo  27

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Provenance
 		18.60 g   27.5-29.4 mm    3.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF
ρ = 8.83 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 8.1 MS/m
Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet.
Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa;
decapidated body of Medusa below; ΑΜΙ / ΣΟΥ on either side,
two monogramms below inscription.
Obverse, triple strike.
BM 1 Black Sea 1166/1176 (85-65 BC); de Calatay Pl XLVIII.F;
Copenhagen IV 136/137 (time of Mithradates Eupator 120-63 BC); Lindgren II 23/24;
Sear Greek 3637 (late 2nd - early 1st c. BC, time of Mithradates);
Stancomb 683/686 (85-65 BC)
Ex CNG 174/34,  10.10.2007