Description
Pontos, Amisos, 85 – 65 BC. Head of Perseus right, with features of Mithradates VI / AMIΣOÎ¥; Pegasos left, grazing, two monograms below.
Pontos, Amisos; head of Perseus/Pegasos
65,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE24 |
| Weight [g]: | 12,60 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | BMC Pontus p. 18, 60 ff.; SNG Cop 158 - 159 |
| Commentary: | green patina with some bronze patches, good details, well centered |
Historical Context
Mithradates VI styled himself as Perseus on his coinage, because the legendary here was considered an intermediary between Persians and Greeks; Mithradates himself claiming his ancestry from both.
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