The lion head on the top of the vertical handle links the vase to a series popular since the third quarter of the 6th century BC and until the middle of the 5th century. It is an exceptionally well preserved exemplar combining characteristics of various well established Peloponnesian series. The paper presents a Late Archaic bronze hydria found in the vicinity of ancient Sinope, and kept in the Sinop Museum director. There were also occurred fragments of the amphoras imported from Sinope. The pottery includes both local and imported artifacts. Archaeological items found in the 4th-5th centuries AD level has considerable importance in dating the remains of Pichvnari basilica. Fragments of Sinopean ceramic products (amphoras, tiles, jugs, lids and louteria) and numismatic items discovered here. Latter revealed interesting evidence of Roman period as well. Fragments of amphoras (including with stamps), louteria and tiles dated to the end of the 4th century BC and 3rd century BC are discovered at Pichvnari, Batumi and Gonio. Intense trade and economic relations of Colchis with Sinope, which was predominant in foreign trade from the early Hellenistic times, were evidenced by numerous Sinopean coins discovered on the territory of western Georgia. Since 4th century BC Sinopean production in eastern Black Sea increases dramatically. Apart from the Greek necropolis at Pichvnari, two Sinopean drachmas of the first half of the 5th century BC were discovered at the Colchian cemetery too. Since Classical period, the coastal population of western Georgia had close contacts with Sinope.
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