Pontus, Amisos. Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). Æ PERSEUS (No reserve price)

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Ungraded Pontic Amisos Æ15 coin, struck circa 120–111 BC under Mithradates VI, in orichalcum, featuring a right-facing winged and draped Perseus bust with a cornucopia between two piloi; 4.1 g, 18 mm, scarce with glossy black patina.

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Scarce coin from Amisos

Pontos, Amisos Æ15. Struck under Mithradates VI, circa 120-111 BC. Winged and draped bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between two piloi. SNG BM Black Sea 1129-33; SNG Stancomb 668; HGC 7, 249. 4.1g, 18mm, Glossy black patina.

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Orichalcum was a valuable golden-colored brass alloy (copper and zinc) used by Romans an Greeks to mint coins . Valued for its gold-like appearance, it was considered more valuable than copper.

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Era

Before 1400

Culture/region

Pontus, Amisos

Year/period and variation

PERSEUS

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Mithradates VI (120-63 BC)

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Metal

Orichalcum

Condition

Ungraded

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