Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; HΣ H

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	208 (89 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.82 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581717
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1032 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Lewis 1# 792 Samuel Savage Lewis, Martin Jessop Price; 1972. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 6.1. The Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: The Greek and Hellenistic Coins (with Britain and Parthia). Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , Bement# 1337 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Gulbenkian# 938 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). , Weber# 4788 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Hirsch# 1415 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , Bement Cabinet# 233 Clarence S. Bement, Thomas Louis Comparette; 1921. A descriptive catalogue of Greek coins selected from the cabinet of Clarence S. Bement, esq. American Numismatic Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Pegasus grazing left; in field to left, star-in-crescent (Pontic royal badge); to right, HΣ (year) above monogram; in exergue, H (month); all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ
HΣ
H

Translation:
King Mithridates VI Eupator
[year] 208
[month] 8

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
208 (89 BC)								$ 5500				May 89 BC

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2018 January 7 - 8 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction - New York 3061 Lot 32036	7 Jan 2018	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 4700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Roma Numismatics Auction XVI Lot 337	26 Sep 2018	XF	USD 4269.12 (GBP 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex J. Vinchon, 2-3 December 1975, lot 94
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Auction 94 Lot 397	18 Sep 2013	XF	USD 8500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 46 Lot 870	2 Apr 2008	VF	USD 1758.17 (CHF 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG