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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3409964, member: 87809&quot;]Nothing special here, but I have been trying to find out what the monograms on this coin mean, to no avail. Very hard to take a picture, because the coin is very dark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only found something about monograms on Amisos coins here: </p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pontos/amisos/malloy33_34_monograms.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pontos/amisos/malloy33_34_monograms.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pontos/amisos/malloy33_34_monograms.jpg</a></p><p>but it just shows the monograms. </p><p><br /></p><p>Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, Amisos, Pontos ca. 86 - 65 BC </p><p>Ref.: SNG Brit. Mus. (Black Sea) 1213-15; BMC 60; RG 69, 32; SNG Copenhagen 158 var.; Sear 3639</p><p>24 mm, 12.99 g; </p><p>Obv.: Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian cap with griffin crest</p><p>Rev.: AMIΣOY Pegasus drinking left; two monograms below,&nbsp; I think these two: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]905420[/ATTACH]on the left and [ATTACH=full]905421[/ATTACH]on the right. Are these control symbols? </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]905422[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]905423[/ATTACH]</p><p>Any ideas what they are?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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