Description: Pontos, Amisos, 85 - 65 BC. Head of young Ares right, wearing crested helmet / ΑΜΙ−ΣΟΥ; sword in sheath, star in crescent to upper left, monograms flanking.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 7,16 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SNG BM Black Sea 1158-9

Commentary: dark green patina with sandy and green deposits

History: Ares, the Greek god of war, was the father of Amazons, a nation of all-female warriors, living in Pontos.

Article Number: 011-06-01-41652