PONTOS, AMISOS AE 21
Description:
Date: C, 1st century BC
Obv: Aegis
Rev: Nike advancing right, carrying palm-branch; ΑΜΙ - ΣΟΥ across field; monograms to left and to right.
Size: 21 mm
Weight: 7.48g
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1189
Amisos was a flourishing Greek city on the Black Sea coast commanding an important trade route to the south, Amisos was founded in the 6th century B.C. It was re-settled by Athenians in the following century and they renamed the place Peiraeus.