Kings of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AR Tetradrachm. Dated Bithyno Pontic Era 209 = 89/8 BC. Diademed head to right / Stag grazing to left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; star-in-crescent to left, ΘΣ (date) above XYA monogram to right; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ, p. 14 and pl. VI (D55/R27d [this coin cited]); SNG BM Black Sea 1034-5; HGC 7, 338. 15.57g.
NGC graded XF 5/5 - 2/5 (#4280700-008).
This coin cited in F. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies. (Louvain-La-Neuve, 1997);
From the inventory of an American dealer;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 288, 13 March 2017, lot 166;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, FPL 333, April 1972, no. 17.
Price realized | 1'500 GBP |
Starting price | 750 GBP |
Estimate | 1'250 GBP |