PONTOS. Amisos (?). Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 7.28 g, 12 h), brockage mint error. Aegis. Rev. Incuse of obverse. Cf. HGC 7, 242 and SNG BM Black Sea 1177-82 (for Amisos). Adjustment marks and tiny scratches, otherwise, very fine.


The attribution of this error strike to Amisos is not secure: the ethnic is no longer legible, and since the type was struck for severel cities, it may belong to another mint.