Chalkon
Features
| Issuer |
Amisos
(Pontos)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 85 BC - 65 BC |
| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | 14 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 539581 |
| References | SNG BM Black Sea# 1198 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 160 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Head of Perseus right, wearing a winged Phrygian helmet.
Reverse
Winged harpa splitting legend; monogram right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ
Translation: Amisos
Mint
Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (85 BC - 65 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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