Comana   Pontus
Κόμανα   Πόντος

AE 21

SHH 5614

Μο 61

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

7.21 g   20.9-21.9 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF Head of Artenis right; bow and quiver over left shoulder.. Club downward; ΚΟΜΑ / ΝΩΝ on either side; monogramm in lower left field; all within wreath boun above. A very similar  reverse has  been often used  on coins of the  Roman period in the times from Tiberius to Nerva with the emperor on the obverse [Amandry, Remy (1999)]. Neither side has been used for coins of Mithradates VI of Pontos. The coin was probably struck after the fall of the Pontic kingdom and before the introduction of Roman imperial coinage. BM BS ---; BMC Pontus ---; Copenhagen IV ---; Lindgren II & III ---; RGAM ---; Sear Greek ---; Stancomb --- Ex H.D.Rauch 94/277, 9.4.2014