Moneta Incerta   Pontus
Αβέβαιο νομισματικοπείο   Πόντος

AE 17

SHH 5777

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

4.18 g   16.9-18.5 mm   1.9 ämm   12:00 o'clock   VF Jugate heads of the Dioscouroi right. Caps of the Dioscouroi with star either side of cornucopia; AΛΙΑ / ΔΩ below. The reverse type was used at a variety of mints in the Black Sea region during the period of Mithradates VI of Pontus. Typically, the city ethnic appears across the field below the caps of the Dioscouroi. However, no such ethnic or magistrate's name are known. BM Black Sea ---; CNG 84/516; G&N Pecunem 29/367; Stancomb --- Ex G&N Pecunem 31/25, 3.5.2016