120 BC - 63 BC

Amisus   Pontus
Αμισός   Πόντος
 AE 18
 SHH 7040

7040 Amisus Pontus AE

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Provenance
 5.80 g   17.0-18.3 mm   2.7 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 4.8; rev. 5.0 MS/m
Head of Ares right, wearing cre8sted helmet.
Sword in sheath; ΑΜΙ / ΣΟΥ on either side
Barbarised issue.
BM BS 1147/1152 (ca. 100-85 BC); BMC Pontus 40/50 (time of Mithradates Eupator);
Copenhagen IV 148/157 variant (time of Mithradates Eupator 120-63 BC);
de Calatay Pl. XLVIII.Y variant; HGC VII 241; Lindgren II 28 variant;
Sear Greek 3643 (late 2nd - early 1st century BC, time of Mithradates);
Stancomb 676 (85-65 BC)
Ex Savoca Coins 12.11.2017