KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.72 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 11, year 212 BE (August 85 BC). Good VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 184. Estimated: $ 3 000

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 4 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.72 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 11, year 212 BE (August 85 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, BIΣ (year) above monogram; IA (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 16, dies D3/R4; M.J. Price, “Mithradates VI Eupator, Dionysus, and the Coinages of the Black Sea” in NC 1968, pl. I, 6 = RG 16, pl. suppl. B, 12 = Mionnet II 10 (same obv. die); HGC 7, 338; DCA 688. Old collection tone, some marks. Good VF.

Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection; Salton-Schlessinger FPL 27 (Fall 1958), no. 6.


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Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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