Ancient Coinage of Pontus, Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis (Sulusaray), on the River Scylax.

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TRAJAN
RPC III 2919Trajan, AE23 of Sebastopolis, Pontos. AD 106-107. 7.23 g. Dated AD 109. AYT NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ CE ΓE ΔA, laureate head right. / CEBACTOΠOΛITΩN ETOYC ΘΡ, club draped with a lionskin. Imhoof KM 1; Berlin 18316854; Amandry 2-4; RPC III 2919.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Amandry 5-6Septimius Severus, AE30 of Sebastopolis-Herakleopolis, Pontus, AD 193-211. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEBACTO HΡAKΛEO, distyle temple seen in perspective, with statue of Herakles standing within on tall base. Date ET-HC across fields. Amandry 5-6; Burstein 523; Arslan 16 in Anadolu 1991.TextImage
Burstein 524Septimius Severus, AE26 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontos. AD 205-206. Dated local year 208. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEBACTOΠO HΡAKΛEOΠOΠ in four lines above, ET HC below, Herakles reclining left, right hand on his knee, club at his side. Amandry 18; Burstein 524 (this coin).TextImage
RecGen 3Septimius Severus. Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. AE27. 4 Assaria. AV KAI CEΠTIMI CEOVHΡOC AY, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / CEBACT HΡAKΛEO, statue of Herakles, standing facing, leaning on club and holding lionskin, beneath an arch connecting two tetrastyle temples, with balustrade above. RecGen 3.TextImage
RecGen 5Sebastopolis-Herakleopolos, Pontos. Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (12.86g).struck 205/6 AD. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEVHΡOC AYG, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CEBACTO HΡAKΛEO ET HC, tetrastyle temple with two-stage base and triagonal pediment decorated with wreath with ribbons. Rec. Gen. 5; SNG Righetti 585.TextImage
RecGen 6ASeptimius Severus, AE28 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontos. AD 193-211. 11.22 g. Dated local year 208 = AD 205-206. AY KAI Λ CEΠTIMI CEOYHΡOC AY, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEBACT HΡAKΛE ET HC, Herakles striding right, wielding club about to slay the Lernaean Hydra, grasping one of its necks. RecGen 6A; SNG von Aulock 6777; Franke KZR 295; Imhoof GRM 1; Voegtli 2p; Kurth Herakles 173. TextImage
RecGen 7Septimius Severus, AE27 of Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis, Pontus. 12.46 g. Dated Local year 208 (AD 205-206 AD). AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOHΡOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TON KTICTHN CEBACTOΠOΛIC around, ET-HC across fields, Herakles standing front, holding lionskin and resting on club. RecGen 7 corr. (bust type); Paris M1044.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Amandry 24aJulia Domna AE27 of Sebastopolis, Pontos. AD 205-206, 10.44 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AY, draped bust right. / CEBACTOΠO HΡAKΛEOΠO around, ET HC across fields, tetrastyle shrine seen in perspective with Herakles, holding club and lionskin, standing front on a pedestal within. Amandry 24a; BMC 1978-9-15-2.TextImage
Amandry 24bJulia Domna AE28 of Sebastopolis, Pontos. AD 205-206, 12.2 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AY, draped bust right. / CEBACTOΠ HΡAKΛEOΠ around, ET HC below, tetrastyle shrine seen in perspective with Herakles, holding club and lionskin, standing front on a pedestal within. Amandry 24b; Burstein 528.TextImage
BMC 1Julia Domna, AE27 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontos. AD 205-206. 11.89 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AY, draped bust right. / CEBACTOΠ HΡAKΛEOΠO ET HC, Herakles standing front, holding the Erymanthian boar with both hands. BMC 1; RecGen 11; Imhoof GM 66.TextImage
RecGen 9Julia Domna, AE27 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. 205-206 AD. 14.75 gr. IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right / CEBACT HΡAKΛE, date ET HS below, Sanctuary of Herakles comprising of two tetrastyle temples flanking statue of Herakles, holding club and lionskin, barrier or fencing before it. RecGen 9.TextImage
Voegtli 7Julia Domna, AE28 of Sebastopolis, Pontos. AD 205-206. Dated local year 208. 16.41 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓ, draped bust right. / CEBACT HΡAKΛEO ET HC, Herakles striding left, holding club upright in left arm, about to pick the apples of the Hesperides from a serpent-entwined tree. Auktion Ratto 1909, lot 3361 (this coin); Voegtli 7 (ditto); Amandry-Remy 33a; Burstein 526; Kurth Herakles 566.TextImage
CARACALLA
RecGen 14Caracalla, AE28 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. AD 198-217. 12.82 g. AY KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEBACTO HΡAKΛEOΠ ET HC above and beneath two tetrastyle temples with a central arched, fenced bay with Herakles standing front within, holding club and lionskin, all set on a tiered base. RecGen 14; SNG France 7, 1912; Imhoof GM 67; Mionnet II, 168.TextImage
SNG France VII 1911Caracalla, AE27 of Sebastopolis-Herakleopolis, Pontus. 11.62 g. AY KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CEBACT HΡAKΛEO(Π ET HC) above and beneath two tetrastyle temples side by side with central archway with Herakles standing front on a fenced base within, holding club set on ground and lionskin. SNG France VII, 1911; Amandry 35-36; Grand Duc Michaelovic 1384; RecGen 14 var or corr. (CEBACTO).TextImage
GETA
Amandry 51Geta AE27 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontos. AD 198-209. 12.55 g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / CEBACT HΡAKΛEO ET HC above and beneath two tetrastyle temples, arcade between them with statue of Herakles standing facing within, leaning on club and with lionskin over his left arm. Amandry 51; ANS 1944.100.41437.TextImage
Kurth Herakles 174Geta, AE27 of Sebastopolis, Pontus. 13.59 g. AD 198-209. Dated Year 208 (AD 205-206). Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛE CEBACT, Herakles standing right, grasping one of the serpent heads of the Lernaean Hydra and wielding club about to strike it (Brauer type 1b). Date ET-HC across fields. Kurth Herakles 174 otherwise unpublished. CNG 348, 463.TextImage
RecGen 19Geta. Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. 12.20g; 30mm. 4 Assaria. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, draped bust right, seen from the back / CEBACTOΠO HΡAKΛEON ET HC in exergue, Tetrastyle temple, shield in pediment. RecGen 19.TextImage
Rec Gen 21Geta, AE29 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus, AD 205-206. CEΠTIMI ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / CEBACTOΠO HΡAKΛEOΠO Π ET-HC (HΡ, ET and HC ligate), Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 21.TextImage
GALLIENUS
RecGen 25Gallienus AE28 of Sebastopolis-Heracleopolis, Pontus. AVT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / (from top right) CEBACTO HΡAK, Hercules standing left, grasping the Hind of Cyreneia by the horns. (Date ET SXC in exergue). RecGen 25.TextImage
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