View source for 3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=Solidus Numismatik, 92, 25 January 2022, lot 116
|Museum collection=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007
|Private collection=Mossop collection
|Obverse description=Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.
|Reverse legend=AMIΣOY
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms.
|Mint=Amisus
|Ancient region=Pontus
|Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC)
|Date from=95 BCE
|Date to=85 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=7.95
|Denomination=Tetrachalkon
|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Amisos, no. 4)
|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1177-1191; Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Amisos, no. 4); HGC 7, n° 242
|Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Ares right
|Overstruck reverse legend=(name of the city)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Sword in sheath
|Overstruck mint=Amisus
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus
|Overstruck date from=110 BCE
|Overstruck date to=90 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG BM Black Sea, nos. 1147-9; Hoover 2012, no. 241
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks=overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’. See also the non-illustrated bronzes (on undetermined types) in Ireland 2000 (Museum of Amasya), p. 22 (nr. 742 and 766) and p. 23 (nr. 839)
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