Country | Kings of Pontos |
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 89 BC - 88 BC |
Value | 1 AV Stater = 20 Drachm (20) |
Currency | Drachm |
Composition | Gold |
Weight | 8.41 g |
Diameter | 21 mm |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Demonetized | Yes |
References |
HGCS#
7-333,
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Diademed head of Mithradates right, with wind-blown hair
Stag grazing left; sun/star and crescent to left
Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ
ΘΣ
AX
Mithradates VI Eupator, the Great (120-63 BC), dated Bithyno-Pontic year 209 (89/8 BC), Pergamon.
Mithradates VI "the Great" was the last Hellenistic ruler to challenge the might of Rome. His long and eventful career spanned a nearly 60-year-reign in which he was a constant thorn in the side of the Romans as they sought to consolidate their conquests. His gold coinage falls into two groups: A mass mintage of gold staters imitating the types of Lysimachus of Thrace from more than two centuries earlier, and a much smaller and more carefully produced issue of dated gold staters with his name and portrait. The imagery deliberately evokes the memory of Alexander the Great, depicting himself as a semi-divine conqueror with flowing, windswept hair. These rare and desirable coins represent the last great example of Hellenistic portraiture in gold, and as such are highly prized. (Source: Heritage Auctions)
DeCallatay P005-D7-R2; BMC 1v; SNGvA 6676
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||
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-89 | Bithyno-Pontic year 209 | |||||||||||
-88 | Pergamene Era year 2 |
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