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COMANA—ZELA.
427
Sarbanissa, in the district Polemoniacus, founded probably from
Sinope. Regal Bronze of Pdemon II., A. D. Inscr., BASIAEflS
nOAEMflNOS, Head of Polemon ; rev. ZAPBANISSERN TflN SlNCb
Tyche. The era dates from the battle of Zela, b. c. 47.
Sebastopolis, on the Iris, south-east of Amasia. Imperial— Severus
and family, with dates 205 and 208 of the Amasian era=A. D. 198 and
201. The coins usually attributed to this city belong to Sebastopolis in
Caria. Those, on the other hand, which really belong to the Pontic city,
have generally been confused with the coins of Heracleia in Bithynia.
Inscr., CEBACTH(l) HPAKAEI. flO, CEBACT. HPAKAER., CEBACTOriO.
[HPAKjAEOnO. 11., HPAKAEflT. THC CEBACT. etc.; from which it would
appear that the city was called Sebastopolis Heracleiopolis Ponti or
Heracleia Sebaste. The types all refer to the worship of Herakles. (Rev.
Beige, ser. 3, vol. iv. 11. Fox, ii. Pl. I. 6. Mion., ii. 441, 168 ; and Suppl.,
v. do, 305 and 65, 333.)
Taulara. (Zeit.f. Num., ii. 115.) Autonomous bronze of the Mithra-
datic age. Inscr., TAYAAPC1N. Types: Head of Ares, rev. Sword.
Trapezus (Trebizond), on the south coast of the Euxine, near the
frontier of Colchis. Silver. Persic standard.
Circ. b. c. 350(?).
Male head, with close beard. TP A Table, on which bunch of grapes
(Num. Chron., 1871, Pl. VI. 3, 4.) 1 Al Dr. 88 grs., Diob. 22 grs.
Imperial— Trajan to Philippus Jun. Inscr., TPAriEZOYNTIClN. Era
dates from A. D. 63. Types relating to the worship of Men, Serapis, and
Tyche.
Zela, some forty miles south of Amasia; one of the chief seats of the
cultus of the goddess Anaitis, the high priest of whose temple was the
ruler of Zela and its territory.
Imperial of Severus and his family. Inscr., ZHAITC1N TOY nONTOY.
Era commencing A. D. 63. Types : Temple of Anaitis ; male figure seated,
holding ears of corn and hasta (Num. Cliron., v. 184).
KINGS OF PONTUS, AND OF PONTUS WITH BOSPORUS.
[Koehne, Mus. Kotschoubey, II. St. Petersburg, 1857. Von Sallet, Num. der Konige des
Bosporus und Pontus. Berlin, 1866. Oreschnikow, Zur MiinzJcunde des cimmerischen
Bosporus. Moscow, 1883.]
Mithradates IV., B. c. circ. 250-190, king of Pontus.
Fig. 263.
427
Sarbanissa, in the district Polemoniacus, founded probably from
Sinope. Regal Bronze of Pdemon II., A. D. Inscr., BASIAEflS
nOAEMflNOS, Head of Polemon ; rev. ZAPBANISSERN TflN SlNCb
Tyche. The era dates from the battle of Zela, b. c. 47.
Sebastopolis, on the Iris, south-east of Amasia. Imperial— Severus
and family, with dates 205 and 208 of the Amasian era=A. D. 198 and
201. The coins usually attributed to this city belong to Sebastopolis in
Caria. Those, on the other hand, which really belong to the Pontic city,
have generally been confused with the coins of Heracleia in Bithynia.
Inscr., CEBACTH(l) HPAKAEI. flO, CEBACT. HPAKAER., CEBACTOriO.
[HPAKjAEOnO. 11., HPAKAEflT. THC CEBACT. etc.; from which it would
appear that the city was called Sebastopolis Heracleiopolis Ponti or
Heracleia Sebaste. The types all refer to the worship of Herakles. (Rev.
Beige, ser. 3, vol. iv. 11. Fox, ii. Pl. I. 6. Mion., ii. 441, 168 ; and Suppl.,
v. do, 305 and 65, 333.)
Taulara. (Zeit.f. Num., ii. 115.) Autonomous bronze of the Mithra-
datic age. Inscr., TAYAAPC1N. Types: Head of Ares, rev. Sword.
Trapezus (Trebizond), on the south coast of the Euxine, near the
frontier of Colchis. Silver. Persic standard.
Circ. b. c. 350(?).
Male head, with close beard. TP A Table, on which bunch of grapes
(Num. Chron., 1871, Pl. VI. 3, 4.) 1 Al Dr. 88 grs., Diob. 22 grs.
Imperial— Trajan to Philippus Jun. Inscr., TPAriEZOYNTIClN. Era
dates from A. D. 63. Types relating to the worship of Men, Serapis, and
Tyche.
Zela, some forty miles south of Amasia; one of the chief seats of the
cultus of the goddess Anaitis, the high priest of whose temple was the
ruler of Zela and its territory.
Imperial of Severus and his family. Inscr., ZHAITC1N TOY nONTOY.
Era commencing A. D. 63. Types : Temple of Anaitis ; male figure seated,
holding ears of corn and hasta (Num. Cliron., v. 184).
KINGS OF PONTUS, AND OF PONTUS WITH BOSPORUS.
[Koehne, Mus. Kotschoubey, II. St. Petersburg, 1857. Von Sallet, Num. der Konige des
Bosporus und Pontus. Berlin, 1866. Oreschnikow, Zur MiinzJcunde des cimmerischen
Bosporus. Moscow, 1883.]
Mithradates IV., B. c. circ. 250-190, king of Pontus.
Fig. 263.