Sinope

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 450

The mint at the ancient site of Sinope in Paphlagonia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Sinope?, silver, sigloi (480-430 BCE)		Silver	23,351 kg
Sinope (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (230-200 BCE)		Silver	2,045 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, tetradrachms (120-85 BCE)		Silver	26,623 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, drachms (96-94 BCE)		Silver	287 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), gold, staters (93-84 BCE)		Gold	23,001 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, tetradrachms (88-64 BCE)		Silver	37,488 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
23580 - "Sinope" (siglos eagle/incuse square) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 36, May 2012, 338)		Silver	500 BC JL
23578 - "Sinope" (siglos eagle/incuse square) over uncertain type (Rauch, 117, Dec. 2023, 466)		Silver	425 BC JL
21179 - Sinope (AE Artemis/tripod) over uncertain type (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	110 BC JL
3701 - Sinope (AE Ares/sword) over Pontus (Artemis/tripod) (Winterthur, 2412)		Bronze	105 BC JL
3424 - Sinope (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Schulten, 20-22 Oct. 1987, 172)		Bronze	105 BC JL
3125 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (London, BM, 1932-3-21.1)		Bronze	100 BC JL
21168 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
21165 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
21171 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)		Bronze	100 BC JL
3546 - Sinope (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (Munich, MK, 9)		Bronze	95 BC JL
18980 - Sinope (tetradrachm) (Mithridates Eupator) over uncertain type (Nomos, obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 260)		Silver	74 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3111 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Saint Paul Antiques, 17, June 2018, 107)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2347 - Cos (bronze Asclepius/staff with snake) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Fethiye, Archaeological Museum)			88 BC JL
1287 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O34) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (Platt, Spring 1981 - Callataÿ 1991)		Silver	85 BC JL
1166 - Abydus (tetradrachm Artemis/eagle) over Mithridates Eupator (Mihtridates/stag) (Leu, 10, Oct. 2021, 2136)		Silver	85 BC JL
1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)		Silver	85 BC JL
18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18591 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Berlin, MK, 18204819 )		Bronze	47 BC JL
3372 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 8)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3653 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 90)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3585 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (London, BM, 1878-3-1.233)		Bronze	46 BC JL
2935 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Lindgren coll. n° A66A)		Bronze	46 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	sinope
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Sinope in Paphlagonia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	857321
Ancient regionAncient region.	Paphlagonia Nomisma: paphlagonia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	42.025776° N, 35.143037° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sinop,_Turkey https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857321 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x32284 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002620 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q599416

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Literature

• Ashton 2002
• Callataÿ 2009
• Ireland 2000
• Marinescu - Lorber 2012
• Newell 1919b
• Pfisterer 2000
• RGAM

Authors

• Richard Ashton
• François de Callataÿ
• Stanley Ireland
• Constantin A. Marinescu
• Matthias Pfisterer