Pontus, Amisos Bronze — Ares War-God Type, Struck Under Mithradates VI, NGC-Certified

Own a Bronze Battle Cry from the King Who Refused to Let Rome Win

A real Mithridates VI bronze from Amisos — bearing the helmeted face of Ares, the god of war, struck as Pontus mounted its defiant three-war stand against Roman expansion into Asia Minor. A compact declaration of armed resistance in enduring bronze. NGC certified.

$73.08

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⚔️ Obverse features the helmeted head of Ares — the Greek god of war, placed on Pontic coinage as an unmistakable declaration of armed defiance
🛡️ Reverse depicts Ares fully armed — divine sanction for battle, a rallying image for Greek cities resisting Roman dominance
🤲 A battle cry in metal from Amisos — where Mithridates VI turned bronze coins into propaganda for one of the ancient world's final Hellenistic stand-offs

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Why This Coin Matters

Mithridates VI understood something that many rulers of his era did not — that coinage was not merely money. It was messaging. Every bronze that left the mint at Amisos and passed through the hands of soldiers, merchants, and citizens across the Black Sea region carried the image he chose to project. And for his wars against Rome, he chose Ares.

The helmeted war god on the obverse is not subtle. It is a declaration — of martial commitment, divine backing, and absolute refusal to submit to Roman expansion. Where his Gorgoneion coins invoked supernatural protection, these Ares bronzes proclaimed something more aggressive: we are not defending ourselves, we are fighting back, and the god of war stands with us. The fully armed Ares on the reverse doubles the message, leaving no ambiguity about the intent of the king who authorized this design.

Across three Mithridatic Wars spanning nearly three decades, Mithridates VI Eupator fought Sulla, Lucullus, and Pompey in succession — outlasting two of them and forcing Rome to commit its greatest generals to a conflict it could not ignore. He controlled the Black Sea grain routes that fed the Roman world, rallied Greek cities across Asia Minor to his cause, and made himself the symbol of Hellenistic resistance to Roman imperial expansion. These bronzes circulated through all of it — among his soldiers before battle, in the markets of his allied cities, across the trade networks of his Black Sea empire. Certified by NGC.

Perfect for:

• Collectors of Pontic, Black Sea, and Mithridatic Wars era bronze coinage
• History lovers drawn to Mithridates VI, the Ares type, and Rome's greatest eastern resistance
• Ares imagery, Pontic military propaganda, and Hellenistic defiance coinage enthusiasts
• Anyone looking for a historically charged, NGC certified piece of ancient martial history

What You'll Receive

• One authentic Mithridates VI Ares bronze from Amisos
• Denomination: AE Bronze (everyday Pontic coinage)
• NGC certified for authenticity
• Struck 120–63 BC at Amisos, Pontus — similar to examples shown (each coin is unique)

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