Ancients, NEWP: AE of Pontos, Amisos; Gorgon Aegis, Nike.

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I trust you see which one is different???

 

Pontos, Pontos, Pontos ... it's always all about Pontos!!



I have a couple of Jan Brady examples from Sinope (wanna see 'em?)

 

This thread was fresh on my mind while digging through boxes of coins at CICF and I cam across this decent example from Amastris. It looked very forlorn so for $35, it came home with me

It won't win any beauty contests-- I tried to pretty it up with the fancy photo background-- but it's really not a bad example "for the type".


PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris
120 - 63 BC
AE, 23 mm
Obv: facing gorgoneion in Aegis
Rev: AMAΣ-TPEΩN; Nike advancing right, holding palm frond
Ref: Lindgren 78; BMC 85, 10

 

Amastris ... nice (very well played)



great, now I have to put Amastris on my Pontos-etc-list (my gawd, is there no end to the coins that I need to collect?!!)

 

Ummm, so to complete the mini-collection, we'll have to collect an example from Amisos, Sinope, Amastris and Kabeira?

... well, I have Sinope (only 3 more to go!!)



again, that's a cool new addition (congrats => I'm jealous, because I love that Pontos area stuff)

 

Plus Komana and Chabakta (Chewbacca? ), and possibly others

 

Good buy TIF. Love it.

 

fun ... I hope I end-up scoring those dawgs

=> congrats again on being so awesome (you rock)

 

TOp gear TIF

 

So "6" examples ... and I have "1" ...

cool => baby-steps to nailin' that cool mini-series (bucket-list-coin-goal) ... I'll race ya!!