This beautifull coin, several years in my collection still hasn't a name. It's a large coin 21 mm to 23 mm.
How about "Sir Pointyhat the Brown"? Just jokes, of course. Welcome to CoinTalk Ancients, @Coinprinces The reverse of your coin states the city of issue: AMIΣΟΥ Go to CNG's archives or ACsearch and use the search terms "Amisos, pegasos" and you will readily find the information you seek
Yes, welcome @Coinprinces, be sure to bring your cents of humor with ya, along with your coins. questions and answers
I always suggest we do as instructed by TIF (she tends to know best). If you do, you will discover that CNG has sold several of the type with the exact same monogram as yours and several different ones. You will also discover that these sell for a lot more when they are in great condition and that CNG gets higher prices for what they sell than you will for the same thing. One final thing you may discover is that the search capabilities of coin sites require you spell things the same way that the person that listed the coin did. CNG used Pegasos rather than Pegasus and Amisos rather than Amisus so you must also if you are to find your coins. However searching amisus pegasus will get results on acsearch sonce some of their contributors Latinize Greek words. If you are looking for something and having trouble, it is always good to try some alternative spellings.
@Coinprinces, Doug may have been using subtle wit when he said to listen to me . Sometimes I do have good ideas but please don't confuse me with an expert . His point about alternate spellings is very important. It gets even trickier on ACsearch when you sometimes need to use modern spellings altered by other languages (German, Italian, etc). Some sites are smarter than others with search terms. Vcoins, for instance (an online conglomeration of many individual coin sellers), has a smarter search engine. It will automatically include alternative spellings for a given search term.
TIF may be half right about my wit but if you clicked on her link to her collection in her post above you may wonder how all those magnificent coins 'accidentally' wandered over to her place. Her tastes in coins often overlap with mine. I hope you will show others from your collection.
CoinArchives adjusts for alternate spellings, at least for frequently-used terms. One more reason why it's a LOT better than the alternatives.
Welcome "Coinprinces" ... ahahaha, that's almost what I call TIF (*awkward*) Great coin!! (congrats) C'mon, coin-gang ... I've been showing you guys that example for years!! Maybe my example is a wee bit too humble? => PONTOS PONTOS, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, Æ21 Circa 85-65 BC Diameter: 20.5mm Weight: 11.05 grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Perseus right Reverse: Pegasos grazing left; two monograms in exergue Reference: Malloy 33k; SNG BM Black Sea 1214 corr. (lower right monogram); HGC 7, 239
Welcome to CT @Coinprinces A very nice portrait on your Pagasos/Amisos coin for sure Amisos, AE23 Head of Perseus right wearing phrygian helmet AMISOS, Pegasus left, drinking 12.12 gr, 23 mm Ref : Sear #3639 Q
Thanks to you all, I can see that it is a horse with wings, laugh not a strange elephant.as I thought. Pegasus with tiny wings, No why he can fly, maybe he can wave himself cold, when its hot. By the way I am from Holland. I like all kind of coins, Like the history behind them. I like to determinate. But some are very difficult. But with you all, these problems are for 99 % history.
