Pontus

Regions

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 6985

Die Studies

• Amisus (?) (Mithridates III), silver, tetradrachms (220-200 BCE)
• Amisus (Mithridates III), silver, drachms (220-200 BCE)
• Amisus (Mithridates III), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (220-200 BCE)
• Amisus (Mithridates Eupator), bronze (7.50g) (Amazon/Nike) (105-90 BCE)
• Amisus (Lucullus), silver, drachms (Perseus/Aegis) (72-69 BCE)
• Pharnaceia (Mithridates Eupator), bronze (8g) (Zeus/eagle) (72-69 BCE)
• Amaseia (?) (Pharnaces), silver, tetradrachms (200-169 BCE)
• Amaseia (?) (Pharnaces), silver, drachms (200-169 BCE)
• Amaseia (?) (Mithridates IV), silver, tetradrachms (169-150 BCE)
• Amaseia (?) (Mithridates IV and Laodicea), silver, tetradrachms (162-150 BCE)
• Amaseia (Vespasian), bronze (9.5g) (Vespasian/head of Tyche) (78-79 CE)
• Amaseia (Domitian), bronze (8.5g) (Domitian/head of Tyche or view of the city) (92-93 CE)
• Amaseia (Caligula), bronze (10.5g) (Caligula/head of Tyche) (37-41 CE)
• Amaseia (Trajan), bronze (6g) (Trajan/coiled serpent) (112-113 CE)
• Amaseia (Trajan), bronze (6g) (Trajan/temple) (112-113 CE)
• Amaseia (Hadrian), bronze (12g) (Hadrian/fighting Athena) (135-136 CE)
• S 143 - Kerasonte, bronze
• S 140 - Cerasus (Marcus Aurelius), bronze (161-180 CE)
• Cerasus (Hadrian & Antoninus Pius), bronze (various types/various types) (138-161 CE)
• S 142 - Cerasus (), bronze
• S 145 - Kerasonte, bronze (218-222 CE)
• S 144 - Kerasonte, bronze (218-222 CE)
• ΣAMIΣOΗΣ (Pontus), bronze (4.00g) (Dionysus/thyrsus) (89-85 BCE)
• ΣAMIΣOΗΣ (Pontus), bronze (8.50g) (Aegis/Nike) (89-85 BCE)

Overstriking coins

• 2818 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1940.77.93)
• 21811 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Savoca Store, Sept. 2023)
• 3257 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 223)
• 3215 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Mözelt, May 1997, 33)
• 2828 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3611-2007)
• 2676 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (SNG Stancomb, 676)
• 3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)
• 3386 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 15073)
• 2880 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12858)
• 3743 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12551)
• 3851 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12961)
• 3293 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Ebay Highrating-Lowprice, i14123)
• 3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691)
• 3072 - Amisus (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (panther/thyrsus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41279)
• 22147 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over uncertain type (Savoca Numismatik, EA 174, Sept. 2023, 36)
• 19201 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 1059)
• 24131 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Savoca, Silver Auction 193, Jan. 2024, 48)
• 24136 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 41, Dec. 2017, 326)
• 27232 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Berk, BBS 229, 19 Nov. 2024, 433)
• 29079 - Amisus (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (Leu Numismatik, EA 30, July 2024, 630)
• 29082 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over uncertain type (Heritage, 232324, June 2023, 63062)
• 29084 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over uncertain type (Numismad, 17, Sept. 2024, 361)
• 26287 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Savoca Numismatik, EA 128, March 2022, 54)
• 31564 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Leu Numismatik, EA 40, March 2026, 2278)
• 31567 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Leu Numismatik, EA 40, March 2026, 2279)
• 31789 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Numismad, 6, Jan. 2023, 734)
• 21176 - Pharnaceia (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (USA, private coll.)
• 3525 - Taulara (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Schulten, 27-29 March 1990, 145)
• 2965 - Comana (AE Aegis/Nike) over uncertain type (Peus, May 1975, 201)
• 3055 - Comana (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (M&M, 9 Oct. 2003, 258)
• 3750 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontus (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1970.142.247)
• 3223 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41396)
• 3039 - Amaseia (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain Pontic type (Winterthur, 2335)
• 21309 - Pontus (uncertain mint bowcase/star) over Aradus? (tyche/prow) (Aquila Numismatics, 4, Aug. 2022, 449)
• 31573 - Cabeira (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (Leu Numismatik, EA 40, March 2026, 2281)

Overstruck coins

• 709 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)
• 21165 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)
• 21171 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)
• 21168 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)
• 21176 - Pharnaceia (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (USA, private coll.)
• 3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)
• 3386 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 15073)
• 2880 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12858)
• 3743 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12551)
• 3851 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 12961)
• 3293 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Ebay Highrating-Lowprice, i14123)
• 3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691)
• 3072 - Amisus (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (panther/thyrsus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41279)
• 3055 - Comana (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (M&M, 9 Oct. 2003, 258)
• 3750 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontus (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1970.142.247)
• 3223 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontic type (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.41396)
• 3101 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Amasya Museum, 78.2.20)
• 2987 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 13107)
• 3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)
• 19201 - Amisus (AE Athena/Perseus) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 1059)
• 18982 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Naumann, 111, Dec. 2021, 75)
• 18843 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Amisus (Athena/Perseus) (Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 78, Dec. 2020, 111)
• 19206 - Phanagoria (AR Apollo/thyrsus) over Amisus (Athena/owl) (Roma Numismatics, EA 65, Dec. 2019, 153)
• 18553 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 618)
• 18487 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Berlin, MK, 18202144)
• 18483 - Phanagoria (AE Artemis/stag) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 394)
• 18447 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916,0601.5)
• 18442 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Berlin, MK, 18202167)
• 18440 - Gorgippia (AE Men/Dionysus) over Pontic type (Athena/Perseus) (info Ralph DeMarcos, jan. 2023)
• 18335 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Aegis/Nike (Naumann, 45, July 2016, 32)
• 3818 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Paris, BnF, FG 7)
• 3307 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 57)
• 3013 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Minns, pl. VI, n° 24)
• 3025 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (Ouvaroff coll., 443)
• 3476 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10)
• 3014 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)
• 3740 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 9)
• 3628 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic type (Perseus/Pegasus) (Oxford, AM)
• 3845 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 89)
• 3040 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, EA 222, Nov. 2009, 151)
• 3825 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)
• 3627 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 608)
• 3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)
• 3197 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (London, BM, 1969-9-2.1)
• 3331 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Amisus (Athena/Perseus) (Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 1198)
• 3629 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (http://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/23)
• 2899 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/2)
• 3382 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Berlin, MK)
• 3194 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/19)
• 3682 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/7)

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Mints

Map

Table

Mint	Region	Country	Coordinates
Amisus	Pontus	Turkey	41.292721° N, 36.331300° E
Pharnaceia	Pontus	Turkey	40.919134° N, 38.397931° E
Taulara	Pontus	Turkey	40.262100° N, 36.552000° E
Chabacta	Pontus	Turkey	41.097005° N, 37.240275° E
Comana	Pontus	Turkey	40.377306° N, 36.610679° E
Amaseia	Pontus	Turkey	40.678674° N, 35.827800° E
Cerasus	Pontus	Turkey	40.919134° N, 38.397931° E
Pontus (uncertain mint)	Pontus	Turkey	40.313890° N, 36.554440° E
Samisoes	Pontus	Turkey	41.292721° N, 36.331300° E
Cabeira	Pontus	Turkey	40.609983° N, 36.951027° E

Literature

• Callataÿ 1991
• Ashton 2002
• Callataÿ 1997a
• Callataÿ 2009
• Callataÿ 2013
• Callataÿ 2014
• Ireland 2000
• Wojan 2003
• Frolova - Ireland 2002
• Lindgren - Kovacs 1985
• SNG von Aulock Pontus I-II
• BMC Pontus
• RGAM
• Callataÿ - DeMarco 2024
• Orlyk - Callataÿ 2024
• Dalaison 2008
• Callataÿ 2024

Authors

• Stanley Ireland
• Matthias Pfisterer
• Franck Wojan
• Warwick William Wroth
• François de Callataÿ
• Vasyl Orlyk
• Julie Dalaison