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Obolos 31

21 April 2024

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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  75 CHF
Lot 205

PONTOS. Amisos. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC. (Bronze, 21 mm, 9.03 g, 12 h). Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. ΑΜΙΣΟΥ Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; to left, monogram of HTPK. HGC 7, 243. Malloy 26c. SNG BM Black Sea 1205-7. SNG Stancomb 698. Some minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.



In his study 'The Coinage of Amisus', Malloy described the rendering of Dionysos on the obverse as 'bearing a resemblance to Mithradates Eupater'.

Online bidding closes: 21 Apr 2024, 15:42:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 4 May 2024, 06:57:15 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:75 CHF by grimox (5 bids)
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