Obverse: Head of the Nymph Sinope Facing Left Reverse: Sea-eagle with Wing Spread Standing Upon the Back of a Dolphin Paphlagonia was an ancient country in Northern Asia Minor (modern Turkey), between Bithynia and Pontus on the Black Sea coast. A mountainous district with the Halys as its chief river, Paphlagonia had a string of Greek colonies along its coast, the most important being Sinope. The seaport city of Sinope, strategically located in the center of the Southern border of the Black Sea shores, was the dominant commercial force of the region. Sinope thrived as the terminus for all the valuable Eastern trade routes of goods headed westward, bound for the Greek Empire. As the gateway to Greece, the destiny of Sinope was interlinked with the fate of Athens. When Rome became the dominant force in the west, trade routes were diverted through the Roman ports of Ephasus and Antioch, signaling the immanent decline of Sinope. Origin: City of Sinope Circa: 415 BC to 365 BC Collection: Numismatics Style: Paphlagonian Medium: Silver

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