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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2555837, member: 56859&quot;]Wow!&nbsp; The style is much different from all others I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; What a nice score, Martin!&nbsp; I guess your patience was rewarded <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you sure it is from Amisos?&nbsp; I can&#039;t make out much of the city name and sometimes the letters are formed oddly anyway, making it tough to tell.&nbsp; Maybe the last bit of legend to the left of Nike is a smooshed together MI, with the last stroke of the M and the I angle making it look like a V or W? </p><p><br /></p><p>In another thread we listed all cities which issued the type:&nbsp; Amisos, Chabakta, Kabeira, Komana, Laodikia (all in Pontos); Amastris, Sinope (Paphlagonia).&nbsp; We may have missed a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the most common type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_a6814a7b018d4421b7bdd7bcdaaa5407.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_a6814a7b018d4421b7bdd7bcdaaa5407.jpg%2526hash%253Dd8fa993fa77681d4b89ff333f8d45892%26hash%3D70e5738f74bc48e717144ec39c795fd7&amp;hash=f9889b3f052ec3b73f8c7711390a73d8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator</p><p>AE 22 mm, 7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Aegis facing</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AMI-ΣOY; Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch; monograms flanking</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG BM Black Sea 1177-1191; HGC 7, 242</p><p>Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Münzhandlung Athena (01.02.1988)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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