bgr_959369 - PONTUS - KOMANA Tetrachalque
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Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Comana, Pont
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Jolie tête de Gorgone. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face au centre l’égide.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) en chiton talaire marchant à droite, tenant des deux mains une longue palme reposant sur l’épaule ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : KOMA-NWN/ (AMR) - [AUTE]
Reverse translation : (de Comana).
Commentary
Ce type pour la ville de Comana semble beaucoup plus rare.
Historical background
PONTUS - KOMANA
(1st century BC)
Comana du Pont, not to be confused with the city of Cappadocia, was renowned for its temple and the Ma cult (Cappadocian form of Cybele). The city was of little importance, but the chief priest of the temple was the second personage of the kingdom of Pontus. Coinage is late and only begins under Mithridates VI of Pontus (120-63 BC).
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