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| Issuer | Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | An eagle depicted standing to the right with head turned back to the left, wings spread in heraldic fashion, a common civic type on Pontic provincial bronzes. A globus (orb) is visible beneath the eagle, symbolising dominion over the world. The abbreviated civic legend appears in the field around the type, referencing the autonomous status of Amisus as a free city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕ (Translation: of free Amisus) |
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