Watch List notes:

PONTOS. Aimilion. Circa 66-50/45 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 10.27 g, 12 h). Turreted head of the city-goddess to right. Rev. AIMIΛΙ[OY] Winged thunderbolt with star-in-crescent atop. HGC 7, 221. SNG BM Black Sea 1044. Extremely rare. Struck on a slightly short flan, otherwise, good very fine.


The city of Aimilion is only known from its extremely rare 1st century coinage. It may have been named after M. Aemilius Scaurus, who was campaigning in the region during the war of Pompey the Great against Mithradates VI Eupator.