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SBBASTB—TIMOLAfflUM.
435
Attic Standard. C'irc.v.C. 290-250 (?).
About the beginning of the third century coins of Attic weight were
struck at Sinope, of which the following are some of the varieties.
Turreted head of Sinope.
(Z.y. A, ix. p. 139.)
Turreted head of Sinope.
(Am Chron., 1885, Pl. II. 17.)
Archaic statue of Apollo standing before
tripod, holding branch and lekythos .
Ad Tetradr. (?)
ZI N fl Poseidon, seated, holding dolphin
and trident . . Ad Didr. 126 grs.
There are also didrachms of this type weighing no more than 97 grs.
This looks like a return to the old Sinopian standard.
Turreted head of Sinope.
Head of Hermes, wearing petasos.
Head of Apollo, 1., laur.
ZIN fl Eagle, conventionally repre-
sented, facing, with spread wings.
Various symbols and letters
Al Tetrob. and Triob.
Id.Ad Diob. 17 grs.
ZIN fl Tripod . . . . Ad 13 grs.
Circ. b. c. 189-183.
Head of Sinope, r., turreted. ZlNflHIEflN Apollo naked, seated on
(ihm. Chron., 1885, Pl. II. 18.) omphalos, holding lyre and plectrum
Ad Spread tetradrachm.
The type of this tetradrachm is copied, with some modifications, from
the tetradrachms of Antiochus III. of Syria.
After b. c. 183.
In the year b.'c. 183, Sinope, which had been already besieged by
Mithradates IV., king of Pontus, was taken by his son Pharnaces I., who
made it the capital of his dominions. From this time only bronze coins
were struck at Sinope, the types of which, like those of the other Pontic
cities, relate to the worship of Perseus.
Under the Romans.
In B. c. 70 Sinope was taken by Lucullus, and some of its coins, from
Severus to Gallienus, are dated from this era. It was colonized by Caesar,
and from this time the inscriptions of its coins are usually in Latin,
C.l.F.S. C.l.F.AV.S. or C.R.i.F.S. C(olonia) R(omana) l(ulia) F(elix)
Au(gusta) S(inope). From Augustus to Macrinus the coins are dated
with the prefix ANNO from an era commencing b. c. 45, some of those,
from Augustus to Claudius, having in addition EX. DD. (Ex decreto
decurionum.) Types—The Dioskuri, Serapis, Tunny fish, etc.
Timolaeum. Autonomous bronze. Age of Mithradates.
Head of Pallas. I TIMO A Eagle flying above fulmen
between stars.PE -95
F f 2
435
Attic Standard. C'irc.v.C. 290-250 (?).
About the beginning of the third century coins of Attic weight were
struck at Sinope, of which the following are some of the varieties.
Turreted head of Sinope.
(Z.y. A, ix. p. 139.)
Turreted head of Sinope.
(Am Chron., 1885, Pl. II. 17.)
Archaic statue of Apollo standing before
tripod, holding branch and lekythos .
Ad Tetradr. (?)
ZI N fl Poseidon, seated, holding dolphin
and trident . . Ad Didr. 126 grs.
There are also didrachms of this type weighing no more than 97 grs.
This looks like a return to the old Sinopian standard.
Turreted head of Sinope.
Head of Hermes, wearing petasos.
Head of Apollo, 1., laur.
ZIN fl Eagle, conventionally repre-
sented, facing, with spread wings.
Various symbols and letters
Al Tetrob. and Triob.
Id.Ad Diob. 17 grs.
ZIN fl Tripod . . . . Ad 13 grs.
Circ. b. c. 189-183.
Head of Sinope, r., turreted. ZlNflHIEflN Apollo naked, seated on
(ihm. Chron., 1885, Pl. II. 18.) omphalos, holding lyre and plectrum
Ad Spread tetradrachm.
The type of this tetradrachm is copied, with some modifications, from
the tetradrachms of Antiochus III. of Syria.
After b. c. 183.
In the year b.'c. 183, Sinope, which had been already besieged by
Mithradates IV., king of Pontus, was taken by his son Pharnaces I., who
made it the capital of his dominions. From this time only bronze coins
were struck at Sinope, the types of which, like those of the other Pontic
cities, relate to the worship of Perseus.
Under the Romans.
In B. c. 70 Sinope was taken by Lucullus, and some of its coins, from
Severus to Gallienus, are dated from this era. It was colonized by Caesar,
and from this time the inscriptions of its coins are usually in Latin,
C.l.F.S. C.l.F.AV.S. or C.R.i.F.S. C(olonia) R(omana) l(ulia) F(elix)
Au(gusta) S(inope). From Augustus to Macrinus the coins are dated
with the prefix ANNO from an era commencing b. c. 45, some of those,
from Augustus to Claudius, having in addition EX. DD. (Ex decreto
decurionum.) Types—The Dioskuri, Serapis, Tunny fish, etc.
Timolaeum. Autonomous bronze. Age of Mithradates.
Head of Pallas. I TIMO A Eagle flying above fulmen
between stars.PE -95
F f 2