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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Pontos| > GB79749
Amisos, Pontos, c. 120 - 63 B.C.
|Pontos|, |Amisos,| |Pontos,| |c.| |120| |-| |63| |B.C.|, Amisos was settled c. 760 - 750 B.C. by people from Miletus, who established a flourishing trade relationship with the ancient peoples of Anatolia. When this coin was struck Amisos was part of the Kingdom of Pontus. The city came under Roman control in 47 B.C. Amisos today is Samsun, a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey.
GB79749. Bronze AE 19, BMC Pontus p. 17, 48; SNG BM 1161; SNG Stancomb 679 var. (2nd monogram right); SGCV II 3643; HGC 7 241, VF, centered on a tight flan, flan adjustment marks, Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, weight 8.827g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 0o, c. 120 - 63 B.C.; obverse head of Ares right in crested helmet; reverse AMI-ΣOY, sword in sheath with strap, star in crescent upper left, monogram lower left, IB upper right; SOLD











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