KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.15 g, 1h). Pergamon mint. Undated issue, struck circa 97/6 BC.Triton XXIV Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 5 500. 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 (33mm, 16.15 g, 1h). Pergamon mint. Undated issue, struck circa 97/6 BC. Diademed head right / Pegasos grazing left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY/EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; star-in-crescent to left, monogram to right; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 9, dies D14/R– (unlisted rev. die); HGC 7, 338 corr. (some are undated); SNG BN 786 = de Luynes 2395 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 936 = Jameson 2155; Hunterian 2 (same obv. die). Deeply toned, with some blue iridescence, patches of find patina, some roughness, small chip at edge on obverse. Near EF. |