120 BC - 63 BC

Amisus   Pontus
Αμισός    Πόντος
 AE 29
 SHH 6793


6793 Amisus Pontus AE
 Mo 0030a
Mo 33

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Provenance
 19.77 g   28.3-28.9 mm   3.5 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.9, rev. 7.0 MS/m
Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet.
Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa;
decapidated body of Medusa below; ΑΜΙ / Σ[ΟΥ] on either side,
monogramm below inscription.
Irregular linear grooves on obverse and reverse.
BM 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 Savoca Coins Blue 10/382, 29.9.2018