Amisus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 157

The mint at the ancient site of Amisus in Pontus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Amisus (?) (Mithridates III), silver, tetradrachms (220-200 BCE)		Silver	1,994 kg
Amisus (Mithridates III), silver, drachms (220-200 BCE)		Silver	126 kg
Amisus (Mithridates III), gold, staters (220-200 BCE)		Gold	200,005 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2676 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (SNG Stancomb, 676)		Bronze	111 BC JL
2828 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3611-2007)		Bronze	111 BC JL
3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691)		Bronze	110 BC JL
22147 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over uncertain type (Savoca Numismatik, EA 174, Sept. 2023, 36)		Bronze	96 BC JL
21811 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Savoca Store, Sept. 2023)		Bronze	96 BC JL
19201 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 1059)		Bronze	96 BC JL
3257 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 223)		Bronze	96 BC JL
3215 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Mözelt, May 1997, 33)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2818 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1940.77.93)		Bronze	96 BC JL
3851 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12961)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3293 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Ebay Highrating-Lowprice, i14123)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3386 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 15073)		Bronze	95 BC JL
2880 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12858)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3072 - Amisus (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (panther/thyrsus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41279)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3743 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12551)		Bronze	95 BC JL
24131 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Savoca, Silver Auction 193, Jan. 2024, 48)		Silver	71 BC JL
24136 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 41, Dec. 2017, 326)		Silver	71 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691)		Bronze	110 BC JL
3098 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, n° 1)		Silver	105 BC JL
2899 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/2)		Silver	105 BC JL
2906 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/11)		Silver	105 BC JL
3420 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/20)		Silver	105 BC JL
3382 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Berlin, MK)		Silver	105 BC JL
3431 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Roma Numismatics, 18, 388)		Silver	105 BC JL
3030 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/13)		Silver	105 BC JL
3194 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/19)		Silver	105 BC JL
3797 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.26311)		Silver	105 BC JL
3682 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/7)		Silver	105 BC JL
3231 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/10)		Silver	105 BC JL
3629 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (http://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/23)		Silver	105 BC JL
3643 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/9)		Silver	105 BC JL
18483 - Phanagoria (AE Artemis/stag) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 394)		Bronze	105 BC JL
21171 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
21168 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
21165 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
19201 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 1059)		Bronze	96 BC JL
3223 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41396)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3386 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 15073)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3101 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Amasya Museum, 78.2.20)		Bronze	95 BC JL
2880 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12858)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3072 - Amisus (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (panther/thyrsus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41279)		Bronze	95 BC JL
2987 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 13107)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3743 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12551)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3055 - Comana (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (M&M, 9 Oct. 2003, 258)		Bronze	95 BC JL
21176 - Pharnaceia (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3851 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12961)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3750 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontus (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1970.142.247)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3569 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, 3 Dec. 2014, 146)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3293 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Ebay Highrating-Lowprice, i14123)		Bronze	95 BC JL
3418 - Gorgippia (AE Men/Dionysus) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, EA 4, June 2018, 218)		Bronze	91 BC JL
18440 - Gorgippia (AE Men/Dionysus) over Pontic type (Athena/Perseus) (info Ralph DeMarcos, jan. 2023)		Bronze	91 BC JL
18843 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Amisus (Athena/Perseus) (Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 78, Dec. 2020, 111)		Bronze	91 BC JL
3331 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Amisus (Athena/Perseus) (Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 1198)		Bronze	91 BC JL
19206 - Phanagoria (AR Apollo/thyrsus) over Amisus (Athena/owl) (Roma Numismatics, EA 65, Dec. 2019, 153)		Silver	90 BC JL
18553 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 618)		Bronze	90 BC JL
18487 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Berlin, MK, 18202144)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3749 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM, 1925-9-20)		Bronze	90 BC JL
18335 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Aegis/Nike (Naumann, 45, July 2016, 32)		Bronze	90 BC JL
18982 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Naumann, 111, Dec. 2021, 75)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3197 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (London, BM, 1969-9-2.1)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3818 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Paris, BnF, FG 7)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3062 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Paris, BnF, FG 18)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3131 - Phanagoria (AE Artemis/stag) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Golenko 1964, 2)		Bronze	90 BC JL
18442 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Berlin, MK, 18202167)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3522 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Cambridge, FM, 7337)		Bronze	90 BC JL
24131 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Savoca, Silver Auction 193, Jan. 2024, 48)		Silver	71 BC JL
3628 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic type (Perseus/Pegasus) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)		Bronze	46 BC JL
709 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3025 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (Ouvaroff coll., 443)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3845 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 89)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3741 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3476 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3040 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, EA 222, Nov. 2009, 151)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3088 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (MacDonald coll., 59)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3014 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
18447 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916,0601.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3825 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3448 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Zograph 1977, pl. 44, 8)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3307 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 57)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3740 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 9)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3627 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 608)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3013 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Minns, pl. VI, n° 24)		Bronze	46 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	amisus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Amisus in Pontus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	857024
Ancient regionAncient region.	Pontus Nomisma: pontus
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	41.292721° N, 36.331300° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amisus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857024 http://sws.geonames.org/10237299/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x46916 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001517

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Literature

• Callataÿ 2009
• Ireland 2000
• RGAM

Authors

• François de Callataÿ
• Stanley Ireland