Lot 4341

Description

Pontus, Amisos, (86-65 B.C.), AE 20, (7.84 g), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. eagle with flapping wings to left looking back, standing on thunderbolt, in exergue **AMISOU*, monogram of **RDI* to left, (S.3644, SNG BM 1221-1225, SNG Cop. 24-5, Malloy 14b); another Amisos, (c.2nd-1st century B.C.), AE 20, (8.58 g), obv. head of young Dionysos to right wreathed with ivy, rev. cista mystica, with thyrsos placed diagonally, monograms to left and right, **AMISOU* below, (S.3640, BMC 56). Nearly extremely fine and both scarce, first with surface oxidation. (2)

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 78 (lot 5029) for the first coin and second coin from I.S. Wright, Sydney, August 1, 2003.