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Coin Type: Bronze AE23 of Amisos in Pontos, 85-86 BCE Mint and Date: Amisos, 120 - 63 BCE (Time of Mithradates VI "The Great"). Size and Weight: 23mm, 12.19g Obverse: Head of Perseus right, wearing helmet with griffin crest. Reverse: AMIΣOY and monogram Pegasos grazing or drinking left. Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1212; SNG Stancomb 701 var. (monogram) Provenance: rustyromans (eBay), September 2004 BW Ref: 003 026 013 |
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Note: The reverse may represent Pegasos drinking at the welll of Peirene, which is where he was captured by Bellerophon using the bridle he recieved from Athena. | |
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