
Pontos, Uncertain, possibly Amisos.
Struck under Mithradates VI (Circa 119-100 BC)
Obverse: Head of horse right, with star of eight points on its neck.
Reverse: Comet star of eight points with trail to right (or palm branch with tainia and star).
References: BM Black Sea 984, SNG Stancomb 653 corr.
Size: 11mm, 1.39g
Note: This unusual issue has traditionally been assigned to an uncertain mint in the area of Pontos, but it has currently been suggested that it was struck in Caesarea-Eusebia (cf. Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, 249)
