Co 697 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Mithridates VI from Amisos) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph