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Paphlagonia

Paphlagonia was a rugged mountainous area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east. Herodotus names the Paphlagonians among the peoples conquered by Croesus, and they sent an important contingent to the army of Xerxes in 480 B.C. After the death of Alexander the Great, it was assigned, together with Cappadocia and Mysia, to Eumenes. However, it continued to be governed by native princes until it was absorbed by Pontus. It was not until 183 B.C. that Pharnaces took Sinope under their control. From that time, the whole province was incorporated into the kingdom of Pontus until the fall of Mithridates to Rome in 65 B.C.

Cromna, Paphlagonia, Mid 4th Century B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Cromna,| |Paphlagonia,| |Mid| |4th| |Century| |B.C.||drachm|
Cromna, an Ionian colony located on the Paphlagonian coast, was mentioned by Homer in the Iliad. Shortly after 300 B.C., Cromna was conquered by Amastris, the ruler of Heraclea. Amastris moved the populations of Cromna, Sesamus, Cytorus, and Tium to her newly founded city, which she named Amastris after herself. The site of Cromna has been the subject of some disagreement. Modern scholars place its site near modern Tekeonu.
SH95267. Silver drachm, SNG BM 1343 (the swastika is off flan); SNGvA 6825 (same); cf. SNG Cop 265 (Θ vice bucrainium), VF, toned, light marks, small edge split, weight 3.262 g, maximum diameter 15.8 mm, die axis 0o, Cromna (near Tekeonu, Turkey) mint, mid 4th century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus left; reverse head of Hera left, wearing a turreted stephanos, earring and necklace, swastika above, KPΩMNA downward behind, bucrainium below chin; ex Forum (2013); rare; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 330 - 300 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |330| |-| |300| |B.C.||drachm|
Long used as a Hittite port, Sinope was re-founded as a Greek colony by Miletus in the 7th century B.C. Sinope flourished as the Black Sea port of a caravan route that led from the upper Euphrates valley. The city escaped Persian domination until the early 4th century B.C. In 183 B.C. it was captured by Pharnaces I and became the capital of the kingdom of Pontus. Lucullus conquered Sinope for Rome in 70 B.C., and Julius Caesar established a Roman colony there, Colonia Julia Felix, in 47 B.C. It remained with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines). It was a part of the Empire of Trebizond from the sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 until the capture of the city by the Seljuk Turks of Rûm in 1214.
SH95239. Silver drachm, SNG BM 1481, SNG Cop 277, Rec Gen 25, HGC 7 399, SNGvA 6847, gVF, attractive style, toned, well centered, tight flan as usual for the type, some light scratches, weight 5.969 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 15o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, magistrate Agreos, c. 330 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, apluster before her; reverse eagle flying right with dolphin right in talons, AΓPEΩΣ (magistrate's name) below wing, ΣINΩ below dolphin; ex Forum (2015); SOLD


Cappadocian Kingdom, Ariarathes I, c. 331 - 322 B.C.

|Cappadocian| |Kingdom|, |Cappadocian| |Kingdom,| |Ariarathes| |I,| |c.| |331| |-| |322| |B.C.||drachm|
After Alexander the Great's armies passed him by, Ariarathes I, a satrap or dynast under Darius III, seized the area becoming the first king of Cappadocia. Later he attacked Antigonus and expanded into Phrygia, Pontus and Paphlagonia.

At Sinope, he maintained the city's standard nymph and eagle on a dolphin types, but replaced the Greek legends with his own Aramaic inscriptions.
SH26865. Silver drachm, BMC Pontus p. 96, 9; SNG Stancomb 761; Traité 631; SNG BM 1459, EF, weight 5.367 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 0o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 328 - 325 B.C.; obverse head of nymph Sinope left, apluster before, Aramaic letters ayin and mem behind; reverse eagle on a dolphin left, Aramaic legend "ARYWRT" below; ex Lindgren Collection; very rare; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 275 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |275| |B.C.,| |Civic| |Issue| |in| |the| |Types| |and| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||tetradrachm|
After Alexander's death and the collapse and division of his empire, many cities on the Black Sea continued, for about two centuries, to strike tetradrachms in Alexander's name.
GS112506. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1275A, Newell Sinope -, Müller Alexander -, Black Sea Hoard -, VF, attractive style, light toning, bumps, marks, small punch obv. center, rev. slightly off center, weight 16.807 g, maximum diameter 29.1 mm, die axis 315o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 275 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on high backed throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ downward on right, no control symbols; from the P.S. Collection, ex Barry & Darling Ancient Coins; rare; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 425 - 410 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |425| |-| |410| |B.C.||drachm|
SH29269. Silver drachm, Rec Gen I p. 181 - 182, 17, gVF/VF, weight 5.911 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 135o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 425 - 410 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; reverse eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, ΣINΩ below; nice style; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 330 - 300 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |330| |-| |300| |B.C.||drachm|
SH42208. Silver drachm, SNG BM 1487 (same reverse die), SNG Stancomb 774, Rec Gen I -, SNG Cop -, EF, weight 5.047 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 180o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 330 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; reverse eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, IKΕΣIO (magistrate's name) below wing, ΣINΩ below dolphin; beautifully toned, ex Baldwin & Sons, London; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 425 - 410 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |425| |-| |410| |B.C.||drachm|
SH33282. Silver drachm, Rec Gen I p. 181 - 182, 17, VF, weight 6.025 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 425 - 410 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; reverse eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, ΣINΩ below; bold strike; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 425 - 410 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |425| |-| |410| |B.C.||drachm|
SH29272. Silver drachm, Rec Gen I p. 181-182, 17 var. (control-letter); BMC Pontus p. 95, 6-7 var. (same); SNGvA 198 ff. var. (same), nice VF, weight 6.039 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 0o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 425 - 410 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; reverse eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, I under wing, ΣINΩ below; rare; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 425 - 410 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |425| |-| |410| |B.C.||drachm|
SH29270. Silver drachm, Rec Gen I p. 181 - 182, 17, VF, weight 6.065 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 45o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 425 - 410 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; reverse eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, Θ right, ΣINΩ below; nice style; SOLD


Sinope, Paphlagonia, c. 330 - 300 B.C.

|Paphlagonia|, |Sinope,| |Paphlagonia,| |c.| |330| |-| |300| |B.C.||drachm|
Long used as a Hittite port, Sinope was re-founded as a Greek colony by Miletus in the 7th century B.C. Sinope flourished as the Black Sea port of a caravan route that led from the upper Euphrates valley. The city escaped Persian domination until the early 4th century B.C. In 183 B.C. it was captured by Pharnaces I and became the capital of the kingdom of Pontus. Lucullus conquered Sinope for Rome in 70 B.C., and Julius Caesar established a Roman colony there, Colonia Julia Felix, in 47 B.C. It remained with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines). It was a part of the Empire of Trebizond from the sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 until the capture of the city by the Seljuk Turks of Rûm in 1214.
SH91741. Silver drachm, SNG BM 1481; SNG Stancomb 770; SNG Pontus p. 97, 13 ff. var. (magistrate); SNG Cop 284 f. var. (same); HGC 7 399 (S), VF, centered on a tight flan, porous, dark areas, weight 4.748 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 180o, Sinope (Sinop, Turkey) mint, c. 330 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; reverse eagle left with dolphin left in talons, AΓPEΩΣ (magistrate) below wing, ΣINΩ below dolphin; scarce; SOLD




  




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