KINGS OF PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.81 g, 12 h), Pergamon, BE 212, 12th month = September 85. Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - MIΘPAΔATOY / EYΠATOPOΣ Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent (Pontic royal badge) above monogram; to right, BIΣ above monogram; in exergue, IB; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 16 and pl. VII. HGC 7, 340. RG p. 18, 16. SNG Paris 809. The obverse struck slightly off center and with a light scratch, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.