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Amisos AE22. Head of young Dionisos / Cista mystica, monogram left, AMISOU below.
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Pontos, Amisos, AE 21. Aegis, with Gorgon's head at center / AMI-SOU, Nike advancing right carrying palm branch, monograms left and right.
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Greek: Pontos-Amisos
Autonomous Issue, AR Drachm, 400-350 BC, Pontos-Amisos
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Head of Tyche left, wearing turreted stephanos, hair rolled
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Owl standing facing on shield, wings spread ...
Amisos Pontos Circa 4th Century BCE. AR Siglos (18mm, 3.26 g)
Obv: Head of Hera left, wearing stephane.
Rev:Facing owl; LI-IS on either side.
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Pontus, Amisos, Commodus, AE33. Emperor head rt./Tyche seated left holding rudder and cornucopia, radiate bust before her at knee(the goddess Ma?), R.G. pg.86,111, pl. IX,28. Near centered, some legends weak, clear portrait and rev.
Our example is from Amisos in Pontos. This large (28mm diameter) bronze shows Perseus killing Medusa. The hero is shown with a sword in one hand and the freshly severed Gorgon head in the other.
1) FILE MARKS The flan for this Amisos bronze was filed with a course file prior to striking. It is likely they were re-using old coins as flans, and the file was used to remove the old designs prior to striking the new one.
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