Taulara was a fortified city in the mountainous region between Kabeira and the Pontic-Armenian border. In 66 BC the city, which had storehouses for royal possessions, city fell to the Roman general, Pompey the Great. In the storehouses Pompey discovered thousands of golden cups and couches, as well as objects stolen from Queen Kleopatra V Selene, as well as a cloak said to have been worn by Alexander III.
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| RecGen 2 | Taulara, Pontos. AE27, ca 100-85 BC. 19.58 g. Wreathed head of Zeus right. / TAYΛAΡΩN, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings spread. ΠΛY monogram in left field. RecGen 2: Waddington 212; Paris 447-449; SNG Stancomb 725; SNG France 7, 1922-1923; Michailovitch 1389. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 3 | Taulara, Pontos. AE21, ca 100-85 BC. 8.42 g. Helmeted head of Ares right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. / TAYΛA-ΡΩN, sword in sheath. ΠΛY monogram in left field. RecGen 3: SNG von Aulock 138 and 6781; BMC 1; Paris 450; SNG Cop 225; SNG France 7, 1926-1927; SNG BM Black Sea 1290; Hoover HGC 304. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 4 | Taulara, Pontos. AE20, ca 100-85 BC. 7.84 g. Helmeted head of Ares right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. / TAYΛA-ΡΩN, sword in sheath. No monogram. SNG von Aulock 6780; RecGen 4. | Text | Image |
| SNG France VII, 1928 | Taulara, Pontos. AE27, ca 100-85 BC. 18.1 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / TAYΛAΡΩN, Perseus standing front, holding harpa and the head of Medusa, her body on the ground behind him. ΠΛY monogram in left field. SNG France 7, 1928; Paris 1390; Hoover HGC 302; SNG BM Black Sea 1293. | Text | Image |
