Record ID: BM-445587
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Greek bronze coin of Amisus (Pontus), dating to the period c.100-85 BC. Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares right. Reverse: AMI-ΣΟΥ either side of a Sword in scabbard, ΔAT monogram at lower left, ATE monogram to right. Cf. SNG IX: The British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, pl. XLIII, no. 1154passim. This coin is most plausibly a modern loss, brought back to Britain over the course of the last couple of centuries rather than a genuinely ancient loss. Without good archaeological context it is impossible to be certain, however the appearance of the coin, its type, a…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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