Amisus, Pontus. 95-70 BC. Struck under Mithradates VI. AE 20mm.

Obv: Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy.
Rev: AMISOY beneath thyrsos leaning against cista mystica 
draped with a panther skin. 
HTR monogram in left field.

BMC Black Sea 1202-1204; RecGen 24d; Malloy 26b; SNG Tuebingen 2056; SNG Stancomb 697.

With permission of TimeLine Auctions 
(www.timelineauctions.com), June, 2017