Please note: due to customs regulations we can only ship inside the European Union. Please ensure you have a valid EU shipping address before placing a bid. Coins, symbols of power, struck in metal. From Emperors to Kings, rulers struck their image and ideals into coins, turning currency into one of history’s most enduring propaganda tools. These small objects passed daily through the hands of ordinary people, spreading messages of authority with every exchange. Modern custom-made silver pendant with an authentic ancient Greek coin. The coin may be easily removed from the pendant frame if preferred. The pendant will be delivered with a lobster clasp attached. Coin: Æ22, Pontos, Amisos, ca 105-63 BC Obverse: Aegis with Gorgon's head at centre. Reverse: AΜΙΣΟΥ, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch, between two monograms. Diameter pendant: ± 27 mm Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1177; HGC 7, 242. Condition: very fine condition, smooth and dark patina, wearable. Signs of wear consistent with age and use. Certificate of Authenticity: available upon request (pdf-format). AMISOS, otherwise known as Samsunta by the Greeks, is today's Samsun, a city situated on the shoreline of the historic region of Pontus, in today's Turkey. The city was colonised in the 8th century BC and because of its strategic location it played an important political and economical role during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine period. Amisos was a rich commercial center under the kings of Pontus, a royal residence and fortress of Mithridates, and is sometimes considered as the home of the fabled Amazons. People from Miletus settled there around 760-750 BC and established a flourishing trade relationship with the ancient peoples of Anatolia. Amisos came under the rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire, and then the Kingdom of Pontus. The Romans took control in 47 BC and Amisos remained within the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome. In 1200 AD the city was captured by the Seljuks, to be later taken over by the Ilhanlilar.