Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; ΔKΣ IB

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	224 (73 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.39 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581588
References	DCA2# 561 Edward E. Cohen; 2023. Dated coins of antiquity, Release 2. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Stag grazing left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY/EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram; ΔKΣ (year) to right, IB (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ
ΔKΣ
IB

Translation:
King Mithridates VI Eupator
[year] 224
[month] 12

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
224 (73 BC)								$ 7000				September 73 BC

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Heritage Auctions 2018 January 7 - 8 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction - New York 3061 Lot 29143	7 Jan 2018	UNC (NGC MS 3/5 - 3/5, die shift)	USD 3000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Gemini Auction V Lot 596	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 6250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Harlan J. Berk 53, April 1988, lot 159
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	CNG Auction 129 Lot 191	13 May 2025	XF	USD 5500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Nomos AG Auction 16 Lot 116	10 May 2018	XF	USD 9630.73 (CHF 7600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 96 Lot 1080	6 Oct 2016	XF	USD 6969.60 (CHF 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Tradart December 2014 Auction Lot 129	18 Dec 2014	XF	USD 6967.68 (EUR 6000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Tradart sale 13, 2001, 76; Tkalec & Rauch sale 14-15 April 1986, 113
© Tradart
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 159 Lot 200	8 Dec 2014	XF	USD 3948.35 (EUR 3400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 219 Lot 194	10 Mar 2014	XF	USD 17 999.84 (EUR 15 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	The New York Sale Auction 27 Lot 424	4 Jan 2012	XF	USD 14 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© The New York Sale