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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2063431, member: 57495&quot;]Great-looking example of the type!</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a cool bit of wartime propaganda being disseminated on this following coin that you might like - Mithridates is the victorious hero Perseus, and Rome is the monstrous gorgon Medusa, decapitated body on the floor gushing blood. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380793[/ATTACH] </p><p>PONTOS, Amisos</p><p>Time of Mithridates VI, circa 85 - 65 BC</p><p>AE 28. 19.3g, 28mm.</p><p>SNG Stancomb 683 var. (monograms). </p><p>O: Head of Athena right, wearing a helmet decorated with Pegasus springing right. </p><p>R: AMISOY, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa&#039;s body at his feet gushing blood, monograms in left and right field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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