Sinope

Sinope, Paphlagonia, AE26. Helmeted head of Athena right / SINW-PHS, Perseus standing, holding severed head of Medusa, decapitated body of gorgon to right.
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Sinope (Sinub), the wealthiest emporium on the south coast of the Euxine, was a colony of Miletus (B.C. 630). Its dominion in the fifth century embraced a large portion of the northern part of Asia Minor, and its fleet was supreme on the sea.

Sinope, C. I. F. SINOPE. (Colonia Julia Felix Sinope), 509
Bithynia.
Apameia, COL. IVL. CONC. APAM. AVG. D. D. (Colonia Julia Concordia Apameia Augusta decreto decurionum), 510
C. I. C. A. (or APA) D. D., 510 ...

Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Drachm, 5.56 gm.
Obv: Head of nymph Sinope left, hair bound in a saccos; aplustre before .
Rev: Sea eagle l. on dolphin; magistrate IKE_; SIN below.
Ex: Frank Robinson ...

a Sinopean coin ...., by Stephan Freegger (is it really an eagle's head?) Greek
Silphium again, by Simon Bendal (an oil lamp with a silphium plant)
Ring money makes big money, by Chris Rudd. (Why was British gold ring money used for?) ...

Paphlagonia, Sinope, late 2nd-early 1st Century BC, AE22. Aegis with Gorgon's head at center/Nike advancing rt. carrying palm branch, SG3709. Obv. centered a bit left crowding edge of aegis, rev.

*177 PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. 415-365 BC. AR Drachm (4.90). Head of Sinope left in border of dots/Sea eagle l. on dolphin ΕΙΝΩ below, ΑΓΠΕΩ beneath wing. BMC-11, SG-3962. VF/EF, short flan $300 [image] ...

Finds: Coins found in the Marchfeld region, at Sinope, etc.
Medals: Medals, reckoning counters (Rechenpfennige).
Alternative means of payment: Ingots, premonetary means of exchange, tokens, emergency money (Notgeld).

Pendant la guerre de Libération, elle fut écrasée en 494 avant J.-C. Son culte d'Apollon était réputé dans toute l'Asie Mineure. Ses colons fondèrent, entre autres, les colonies d'Abydos, Cyzique, Sinope et Panticapée.

See also: Coinage, Coin, Silver, Ancient, Eagle