COMANA was also the name of a city in Pontus, which
was said to have been colonized from the Cappadocian Comana. It stood on the river Iris (the Tocat-su), not very far from its source, and from its central situation was a favourite emporium of the Armenian merchants. Minerva was worshipped here with a pomp and ceremony in all respects analogous to those employed in the other city of this name. Under the Romans the town received the name of Hiero-Cæsarea, indicative of its sacred character. Some remains of Comana have been lately discovered at a place called Gumenek on the Tocat-su, a few miles from Tocat.