picked up a new pontos-amisos coin for 8.25 including shipping...AWESOME! not the best one i've seen, but pretty dang good for the price. i've been really wanting one of these. pontos-amisos 100 bc (ish) aegis with gorgon nike grovin' right
Cool. I wouldn't mind some more coins from Amisos Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ 21 mm Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress / AMISOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165.
Pontos ... well, okay then Pontos, Amisos AE17 85-65 B.C. Diameter: 17.6 mm Weight: 4.2 grams Obverse: Draped bust of Perseus, winged Reverse: Cornucopiae between pilei Reference: BMC Pontus pg. 19, 65-67 Pontos, Amisos AE30 109-89 B.C. Diameter: 29.7 mm Weight: 19.1 grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena Reverse: Perseus, holding harpa in right hand, Medusa's head in left and Medusa's body at his feet
those are some nice pontos coins! i don't remember seeing that first one stevex, very nice.....and that amazon overse is super cool randyg
Chris, here's mine, i picked up a while back for $14... Classic Hellensitic perods... Pontos city of Amisos.. 300 BC.. Ob. Aegis w/ Gorgan's face center.. Rev. Nike, advancing, carrying plam branch... Ami- eoy..mongram belio.. right 22mm x 6.83g.
Ty, it was one of those coins that when I got it, I didn't know what I was getting, but happy now that I did.
