Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; BKΣ IA
Features
| Issuer |
Kings of Pontos
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 222 (75 BC) |
| Calendar | Bosporan era |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 16.46 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 581666 |
| References | Gulbenkian# 949 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). Edward E. Cohen; 2011. Dated Coins of Antiquity. Classical Numismatic Group, London, United Kingdom. William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.
Reverse
Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram; to right, BKΣ (year) above monogram; IA (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ
BKΣ
IA
Translation:
King Mithridates Eupator
[year] 222
[month] 11
Mint
Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 222 (75 BC) | 
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August 75 BC | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CNG Triton XVIII Lot 563 
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6 Jan 2015 | XF |
USD 14 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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