120 BC - 63 BC

Amisus   Pontus
Αμισός    Πόντος
 AE 29
 SHH 7162


7162 Amisus Pontus AE

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Provenance
 19.30 g   28.8-29.9 mm   3.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. ??.?, rev. ??.? MS/m
Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet.
Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa;
decapidated body of Medusa below; [Α]ΜΙ / ΣΟ[Υ] on either side,
no legible monogramms.
Intended for destructive experiments.
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 Ares Numimsatics 10/1307, 4.7.2020