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BOSPORUS, COLCHIS, PONTUS.
423
Sinde. The Sindi were a Scythian people who dwelt to the east of
the Palus Maeotis. The town of Sinde was situate about fifty miles
south of the Cimmerian Bosporus. (Berl. Blatt., i. i, and ii. 260, Rev. Num,.,
i860, 273.)
Fourth century, B. c.
Griffin, and corn grain.
Head of Herakles,
SlNAClN Horse’s head, in incuse
square.2R 27 grs.
Similar.JR 19 grs.
Uncertain.
Head of young Dionysos, crowned with
ivy.
Bow-case and quiver.
Hl 10
COLCHIS.
The earliest coins of this region are small pieces of base silver weighing
about 36 grs. Theii’ attribution to Colchis rests upon the fact that they
are frequently found in the modern province of Mingrelia on the eastern
coast of the Black Sea.
Circ. b. c. 400, or later.
Head of archaistic UEgyjytian ?) style, j Bull's head, r. . . . . Hl 36 grs.
Dioscurias, near the northern boundary of Colchis, was a Greek
trading station, of which the Dioskuri were the traditional founders.
After circ. B. C. 100.
Pilei of the Dioskuri. | AIOSKOYPIAAOS Thyrsos . HD6
Dynast of Colchis.
Aristarchus. Circ. B. c. 63-47 (?). Inscr., APISTAPXO(Y) TOY EFfl
KOAXIAO(£), obv. Head of Helios (?); rev. Female figure seated facing,
7R 70 grs. (Appian, Alithrid., 114, and Num. Chron., 1877, 1.)
PONTUS.
Amasia, the birth-place of the great Mithradates and of Strabo, was a
strongly fortified town on the river Iris. It struck autonomous bronze
money between b. c. 63, the date of the dismemberment of the kingdom
of Mithradates, and the time of Domitian, when the Imperial coinage
begins.
The mcr. on the autonomous money is A MAZE I AS. Types; Head of
Zeus, rev. Eagle; Head of Ares, rev. Sword; Young male head winged,
rev. Cornucopiae between the pilei of the Dioskuri; Radiate head, rev.
Lion.
Imperial—Domitian to Severus Alexander. Inscr., AM AC I AC, AMA-
CCCipl, etc., usually with addition of various surnames, honorific titles,
423
Sinde. The Sindi were a Scythian people who dwelt to the east of
the Palus Maeotis. The town of Sinde was situate about fifty miles
south of the Cimmerian Bosporus. (Berl. Blatt., i. i, and ii. 260, Rev. Num,.,
i860, 273.)
Fourth century, B. c.
Griffin, and corn grain.
Head of Herakles,
SlNAClN Horse’s head, in incuse
square.2R 27 grs.
Similar.JR 19 grs.
Uncertain.
Head of young Dionysos, crowned with
ivy.
Bow-case and quiver.
Hl 10
COLCHIS.
The earliest coins of this region are small pieces of base silver weighing
about 36 grs. Theii’ attribution to Colchis rests upon the fact that they
are frequently found in the modern province of Mingrelia on the eastern
coast of the Black Sea.
Circ. b. c. 400, or later.
Head of archaistic UEgyjytian ?) style, j Bull's head, r. . . . . Hl 36 grs.
Dioscurias, near the northern boundary of Colchis, was a Greek
trading station, of which the Dioskuri were the traditional founders.
After circ. B. C. 100.
Pilei of the Dioskuri. | AIOSKOYPIAAOS Thyrsos . HD6
Dynast of Colchis.
Aristarchus. Circ. B. c. 63-47 (?). Inscr., APISTAPXO(Y) TOY EFfl
KOAXIAO(£), obv. Head of Helios (?); rev. Female figure seated facing,
7R 70 grs. (Appian, Alithrid., 114, and Num. Chron., 1877, 1.)
PONTUS.
Amasia, the birth-place of the great Mithradates and of Strabo, was a
strongly fortified town on the river Iris. It struck autonomous bronze
money between b. c. 63, the date of the dismemberment of the kingdom
of Mithradates, and the time of Domitian, when the Imperial coinage
begins.
The mcr. on the autonomous money is A MAZE I AS. Types; Head of
Zeus, rev. Eagle; Head of Ares, rev. Sword; Young male head winged,
rev. Cornucopiae between the pilei of the Dioskuri; Radiate head, rev.
Lion.
Imperial—Domitian to Severus Alexander. Inscr., AM AC I AC, AMA-
CCCipl, etc., usually with addition of various surnames, honorific titles,