Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; HΣ B

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	208 (90 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.45 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581890
References	SNG France# 797 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes).

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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, B (month); all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ
HΣ
B

Translation:
King Mithridates VI Eupator
[year] 208
[month] 2

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
208 (90 BC)							$ 940	$ 2800				November 90 BC

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Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Pergamon; HΣ B)

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France 7, Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie mineure n° 797

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Autumn Sale 2025 Lot 2318	9 Nov 2025	XF	USD 5026.45 (CHF 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Jean Vinchon 3-4 February 1986, 28 and Jean Vinchon 5 June 2019, 138
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 22 Lot 155	22 Jun 2021	XF	USD 2764.54 (CHF 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Kölner Münzkabinett Auction 109 Lot 92	16 Nov 2018	XF	USD 1962.32 (EUR 1700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger UG
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 130 Lot 1223	8 Mar 2004	XF	USD 2424.04 (EUR 2100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	CNG Auction 111 Lot 183	29 May 2019	VF	USD 950.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 Lot 1688	14 Feb 2017	VF	USD 1100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex CNA II (7 November 1987), 119
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	H. D. Rauch Auction 86 Lot 356	12 May 2010	VF	USD 692.58 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch