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Ancient Coinage of Pontos, Amisos

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AE12_ZeusPontus, Amisos Æ 12mm. ca 85-65 BC. Head of Zeus right / AMI-SOU, club & quiver, LAT monogram left. Text Image
Lindgren_28Pontos, Amisus AE21. Late 2nd - Early 1st Century BC. Head of Perseus right in visored helmet / AMI-SOU, sword in sheath. TextImage
RPC_2144Pontus, Amisos. Time of Augustus. Æ 24mm. Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / AMISHNWN, Amisos standing right, facing Roma standing left holding a patera, shield & spear. TextImage
SNGBMC 1139Pontus, Amisos Æ 19mm. ca 125-100 BC. Diademed head of Artemis right, bow & quiver at shoulder / Tripod. SNG Stancomb 671. Text Image
SNGBMC 1148 Pontos, Amisos. Circa 120-63 BC. Æ 21mm (7.91 gm). Helmeted head of Mars right / Sword in sheath. Text Image
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SNGBMC 1153 Pontos, Amisos Æ 19mm. ca 120-63 BC. Helmeted head of Mars right / AMI-SOY, sword in sheath with strap, monograms below left & right. Text Obv Rev
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SNGBMC 1158 Pontus, Amisus AE 17. Head of young Ares right / AMI-SOY, sword in sheath, monogram to left. Text Obv Rev
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SNGBMC 1161Pontos, Amisos. Time of Mithradates VI. Circa 120-63 BC. Æ 19mm. Helmeted head of Mars right / Sword in sheath. Text Image
SNGBMC 1162Pontus, Amisus AE17. Head of young Ares right / AMI-SOU, sword in sheath, star and crescent moon in upper left, IB in upper right, PLK-K monogram in lower left. Text
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SNGBMC 1167Pontos, Amisos AE31mm. ca 109-89 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa & Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monograms flanking him. RecGen 17, SNGCop 137. Text Image
SNGBMC 1177
Sear #3643
Pontos, Amisos Brass Æ21. Time of Mithradates VI, ca 85-65 BC. Head of young Ares right in crested helmet / AMI-SOU, sheathed sword. SNG BMC Black Sea 1161. TextObvRev
SNGBMC 1189 , Amisos, Pontus, Æ21, (7.31g) Time of Mithradates VI, c. 80 BC. Gorgonian head on shield. / AMI …OU Nike with thunderbolt, monograms above and below. Text Obv Rev
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SNGBMC 1198
Sear #3650
Pontus, Amisos. c85-65 BC. Æ 14mm. Head of Perseus right, in a winged Phrygian helmet / AMI-SOU, winged harpa; monogram right. SNG BMC 1198, SNG Cop 160. Text Image
SNGBMC 1205Pontos, Amisos. 7.45g; 22mm. Head of Mithradates VI as Dionysos right in ivy wreath / AMISOU beneath cista mystica, on which rest panther skin and thyrsus, monogram to left. SNG BMC 1205; Sear Greek 3640; BMC 53; McClean 7368.TextImage
SNGBMC 1208Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ 21mm (8.36 gm). Head of Mithradates VI as Dionysos, wearing ivy-wreath / AMISOU, cista mystica; on which rests panther skin and thyrsos; monograms in fields. TextImage
SNGBMC 1209Pontus, Amisus AE21. Head of (Mithradates VI the Great as) Dionysos right, in ivy wreath / AMISOU, Cista mystica, on which rest panther skin & thyrsus, monograms to either side, AMISOY below. Text Obv Rev
SNGBMC 1212Pontus, Amisos Æ 22mm. ca 85-65 BC. Head of Perseus right, in helmet with griffin crest / Pegasos grazing left monogram below. Text Image
SNGBMC 1218
Sear #3641
Pontus, Amisos. c 85-65 BC. Æ 22mm. Bust of Amazon right, in wolf's scalp / AMI-SOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC 1218-1219, SNG Cop 165. Text Image
SNGBMC 1218Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ 21mm. Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress / AMI-SOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165. Text Image
SNGBMC 1226vPontus, Amisus AE21. Head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, PKA monogram to left, star to right. Text Obv Rev
SNGCop 132Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ 30mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right. BMC 22. Text Image
SNGCop 161Amisos, Pontus, time of Mithradates VI. AE 18mm; 4.6g. Draped bust of Mithradates as Perseus right, wing at his temple / AMI-SOU, Cornucopiae between two pilei (caps of the Dioskuri) each surmounted by a star. SNG vA 70; SNG Stockholm 1848; SNG Cop. 161; BMC 65; Waddington 32.TextImage
SNGvA_50Pontus, Amisus AR Drachm. 2nd Century BC. Head of Tyche (or Hera?) right, wearing turreted crown / owl standing facing on rounded base, wings spread, AMI monogram in lower left field. Text Obv Rev
Waddington 11Pontos, Amisos AR Hemidrachm. Before 250 BC. Magistrate Demetrios. Bust of nymph right, wearing turreted taenia / DH-ME TRIOU below, owl standing facing on shield, head pointed up, wings spread. Text Image
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Sear #3633Pontos, Amisos, as Peiraeeus, AR Drachm. 400-350 BC. Head of Tyche of , Amisos left, wearing turreted stephanos, hair rolled / Owl standing facing on sheild, monograms at sides, PEIPA in ex.
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Sear #3636Pontus, Amisos, 2nd Century BC, AE20. Laureate head of Zeus right / AMISOU beneath Eagle standing left, head right, monogram on left field.Text Image
Sear #3637, Amisos, Pontus, AE26. Helmeted head of Athena right / AMI _ SOU, Perseus standing, holding severed head of Medusa, decapitated body of gorgon to right.
( 4 entries)
Sear #3638Pontus, Amisus AE26. 2nd century BC. Youthful bust of Mithras (or Mithradates?) right, wearing pointed Persian head-dress with long ear pieces / AMI-SOU, quiver with strap. Malloy 12.
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Sear #3639Pontos, Amisos AE23. Late 2nd to early 1st century BC. Helmeted head of Perseus right / AMISOV, Pegasus standing left drinking.
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Sear #3640, Amisos AE22. Head of young Dionisos / Cista mystica, monogram left, AMISOU below.
( 2 entries)
Sear #3641Pontus, Amisos. c 85-65 BC. Æ 22mm. Bust of Amazon right, in wolf's scalp / AMI-SOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC 1218-1219, SNG Cop 165.TextImage
Sear #3642Pontos, 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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Sear #3643Pontos, Amisos Brass Æ21. Time of Mithradates VI, ca 85-65 BC. Head of young Ares right in crested helmet / AMI-SOU, sheathed sword. SNG BMC Black Sea 1161.
( 3 entries)
Sear #3644Pontus, Amisos. c 85-65 BC. Æ 21mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / AMISOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right; monogram left. SNG Cop 134.
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Sear #3645Pontus, Amisos. c 125-100 BC. Æ 21mm. Diademed head of Artemis right, bow & quiver over shoulder / AMI-SOU, tripod. SNG Cop 138.TextImage
Sear #3650Pontus, Amisos. c85-65 BC. Æ 14mm. Head of Perseus right, in a winged Phrygian helmet / AMI-SOU, winged harpa; monogram right. SNG BMC 1198, SNG Cop 160.TextImage
Sear #3652Pontus, Kabeira Æ28. Struck under King Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC. Head of Athena right in triple crested helmet, ornamented with Pegasus / KABH-PON, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa & head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet. SNG Cop 215.TextImage
Entry for Pontos, Amisos on the Digital Historia Numorum
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