Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; ΘΙΣ BI

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	219 (78 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.83 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 582024
References	SNG France# 814 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , Waddington# 126 Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.

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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; ΘΙΣ (year) above monogram to right; BI (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ
ΘΙΣ
BI

Translation:
King Mithridates Eupator
[year] 219
[month] 12

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
219 (78 BC)							$ 2300					September 78 BC

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Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Pergamon; ΘΙΣ BI)

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France 7, Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie mineure n° 814; Waddington 126

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	Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 199 Lot 107	29 Sep 2016	UNC	USD 8000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 Lot 725	22 May 2021	VF	USD 2281.72 (CHF 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Gorny & Mosch Auction 130 Lot 1225	8 Mar 2004	VF	USD 1394.81 (EUR 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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