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Æ22 - Caligula Α ΚΟΜΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Comana Pontica (civic mint) |
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| Year | 34-35 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Comana Pontica, Pontus, Turkey |
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Comana Pontica was one of the great temple cities of the ancient world, its wealth and population sustained almost entirely by the sanctuary of Ma-Enyo and the thousands of hierodouloi — sacred slaves — attached to it. The city gained the right to strike civic bronze under Roman oversight during the Julio-Claudian period, and this issue falls within the reign of Caligula, whose name it bears in the Greek form expected of an eastern provincial mint.
The Pontic era date places this precisely in 34–35 AD, before Caligula's accession — meaning the obverse name honors him as a member of the imperial family rather than as emperor.