120 BC - 63 BC

Anadus   Pontus
Αναδός    Πόντος


 AE 16
SHH 6290

6290 Anadus Pontus

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Reverse
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Provenance
3.85 g   15.9-16.8 mm   2.1 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF
Jugate heads right.
Cornucopia between piloi of the Dioskouroi with stars above; ANA / ΔΩN below.

The reverse type was used at a variety of mints in the Black Sea region during the early period of Mithradates VI of Pontos: Pontos Amaseia SHH 3406, 5452; Amisus SHH 216, 2924, 3040, 3479; Paphlagonia Sinope SHH 4943.
The inscription is quoted by CNG 84/516 as ΛIA-ΔΩ[...] (SHH v4461). In this specimen the N is clearly identifiable and traces of an A at the beginning and an N at the end are recognisable.
BM Black Sea ---; Stancomb ---
Ex Numismatik Naumann (NN) 48/29, 20.11.2016