Komana Pontos
ca 180 BCE
Struck under Mithradates VI Eupator
AE 28.5mm, 19.0g
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: KOMA-NΩN; Perseus standing facing holding holding harpa and severed head of Medusa; headless boy at feet, monogram to left and right
SNG Black Sea 120-1
Komana was an important city in the Kingdom of Pontus and was known as a “temple-state”, or a city dominated by its temple. During the Pontic Kingdom, this was the moon goddess Ma. Supposedly 6000 slaves served the temple. It was also an important trading city.