- Co 697 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Mithridates VI from Amisos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -63
- Not before (date)
- -120
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 854, p. 255 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- BMCPontus Amisus 40–50, p. 17, pl. III:6
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Edges and surface worn with rounded and smooth state, rare minor pitting. Speckled white bronze disease on obverse; large area of thin, white bronze disease across reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 78 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic and Hellenistic … Argos?”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Tetrachalkon
- Numismatic Authority
- Mithridates VI Eupator (king of Pontus, 120-63 BCE)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Amisos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.43
- Obverse Description
- Head of youthful Ares to right
- Reverse Description
- Sword in scabbard with strap; to left, crescent and star (traces) | uncertain ligature; to right, uncertain markings above and below; to left and right middle, name of city
- Reverse Inscription
- AMI–[ⲤOY]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Ares/Mars (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 697 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Mithridates VI from Amisos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0697>
