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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3279854, member: 96635&quot;]When I came home this evening and I went to my desk to my surprise I found out my fiancée got me a coin, well late Christmas present I guess! She was not so font of my coin collecting in the beginning but now she even watches me when I am bidding in auctions, according to her because she likes seeing people spend so much money for stupid coins, but I think she slowly starts to like it anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I told her some time ago that if she ever buys me a coin to buy it from trusted dealers (I gave some names) and to&nbsp; only buy coins from the regions where I collect from, just to play it safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first saw the obverse I was like, oh no... because I got the exact same coin already (from Amisos). But then I saw the reverse and I saw it is different, and it turned out to be from a rare town in Pontos, a very good pick:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/UvJxSBR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Mithridates VI Chabakta, Pontos -&nbsp; Bronze Coin (100 B.C. – 85 B.C)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Helmeted head of Ares right.</p><p><b>Reverse: </b>[X]ABA-KTΩ[N] across fields, sword in sheath, star in crescent at upper left, monogram at lower left.</p><p>Reference: SNG Copenhagen 205-206.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Some history:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There were serveral medium to small sized towns near Amisos in Pontos, this are: Side, Phabda and Chabakta. Of them, Chabakta must have been the largest and most significant during the reign of Mithridates VI because this city struck coins in it’s own name (like this coin). Chabakta served as a Pontic fortress and must have had a certain amount of land within Sidene (district on the coast of the Pont, at the mouth of the Sidenos river). Chabakta, like many other Pontic towns started to produce autonomous coinage when Mithridates VI came to power, most of the town before Mithridates lost their autonomy when Pharnaces I was on the throne. In 120 B.C. the cities: Amisos, Amaseia, Cabeira and Sinope started to mint bronze coins and got followed by other cities between 105 B.C. and 90 B.C. Identical types were minted at each city, with the city name on the reverse, suggesting a Pontic koine. The mintage within this Pontic koine must have been controlled under some sort of official.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And... I think this is a great time to also show my additions for my Amisos mini-collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/AFvyDw9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Mithridates VI Amisos, Pontos - Bronze Coin (85 B.C. - 65 B.C)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa&#039;s head; Medusa&#039;s body at his feet; in fields, AMI-ΣOY and monograms.</p><p>Reference: SNG Cop. 137</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, medusa is not all the way visible on the ground but I really liked seeing Perseus so detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jZhXPXA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Mithridates VI Amisos, Pontos - Bronze Coin (120 B.C. - 100 B.C)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Winged and draped bust of Perseus right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Cornucopiae between two piloi, AMI-ΣOY.</p><p>Reference: SNG BM Black Sea 1129-33</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your bronze coins from Chabakta and other Pontic cities/towns![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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