120 BC - 63 BC

Amisus   Pontus
Αμισός    Πόντος
 AE 30
 SHH 6860


6860 Amisus Pontus AE
 Mo 0030a
Mo 33

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Provenance
 17.92 g   30.0-30.8 mm   2.8 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.8, rev. 7.1 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,
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 18/238, 30.3.2019