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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4564633, member: 57495"]That's an excellent upgrade, especially for the price. Mine, below, is a contemporary imitation. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130246[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos. Contemporary (Sarmatian?) Imitation</b></p><p>AE23. 7.27g, 23.5mm. Contemporary (Sarmatian?) imitation of PONTOS, Amisos, circa after 105 BC. Cf. HGC 7, 242 for prototype. O: Aegis with Gorgon's head at center. R: Nike advancing right carrying palm; [A]MI-Σ… across field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another type from Amisos, with the same Nike reverse, but the bust of an Amazon on the obverse wearing a wolf-skin headdress.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130255[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>AE21. 7.15g, 21.2mm. PONTOS, Amisos. Struck under Mithradates VI, circa 95-70 BC. HGC 7, 244; SNG BM Black Sea 1219. O: Head of Amazon right, wearing wolf-skin headdress; counter-punch behind. R: AMI-ΣOY, Nike advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath. <i></i></p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4564633, member: 57495"]That's an excellent upgrade, especially for the price. Mine, below, is a contemporary imitation. [ATTACH=full]1130246[/ATTACH] [B]PONTOS, Amisos. Contemporary (Sarmatian?) Imitation[/B] AE23. 7.27g, 23.5mm. Contemporary (Sarmatian?) imitation of PONTOS, Amisos, circa after 105 BC. Cf. HGC 7, 242 for prototype. O: Aegis with Gorgon's head at center. R: Nike advancing right carrying palm; [A]MI-Σ… across field. Here's another type from Amisos, with the same Nike reverse, but the bust of an Amazon on the obverse wearing a wolf-skin headdress. [ATTACH=full]1130255[/ATTACH] [B]PONTOS, Amisos[/B] AE21. 7.15g, 21.2mm. PONTOS, Amisos. Struck under Mithradates VI, circa 95-70 BC. HGC 7, 244; SNG BM Black Sea 1219. O: Head of Amazon right, wearing wolf-skin headdress; counter-punch behind. R: AMI-ΣOY, Nike advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath. [I] Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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