Sinope   Paphlagonia
Σινώπη   Παφλαγονία

AE 16

SHH 6834

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

3.82 g   16.0-16.7 mm   2.1 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 7.3, rev. 7.6 MS/m Diademed and veiled head of Laodice right. Apollo Iatros standing facing; holding phiale over tripod in right hand and laurel branch in left hand; ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ in exergue. HGC VII suggests, the coin was struck under Mithradates the V. This could well be true, because Mithradates exercised close control over the iconography of the coin types in his kingdom, the types being repeated for all local minting sites. BM Black Sea 1542 (ca. 86-65 BC); HGC VII 423 (125-120 BC); RGAM 54 (3rd-2nd c. BC) Ex Numismatik Naumann (NN) 74/117, 3.2.2019