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Coin Type: Brass AE21 of Amisos in Pontos, time Of Mithradates VI, 120-63 BCE Mint and Date: Amisos, 120-63 BCE Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 8.30g Obverse: Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy with leaves and clusters of fruit. Reverse: Cista Mystica, with a ribboned thyrsos resting on it diagonally. Monogram to left, AMIΣOY below. Provenance: nile-ancient-coins (eBay), May 2010. Ref: GCV 3640 BW Ref: 009 050 160 |
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Note: There is sometimes said to be a panther-skin lying on the cista, with the fronds to the right being its feet. But these usually look more like the decorative ends of the ribbon which is tied in a bow around the thyrsos. |
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