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Auction X  27 September 2015
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Lot 561

Estimate: 7500 GBP
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Kingdom of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AR Tetradrachm. 90/89 BC. Diademed head right / Pegasos on ground line to left, preparing to lie down, BAΣΙΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ below; star within crescent to left, date and monogram to right, month below; all within ivy wreath. De Callataÿ D47/R5; SNG von Aulock 6678 (same dies). 16.77g, 30mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

Privately purchased from Tradart;
From a European collection, bought in 1977.

Struck in the year prior to Mithradates' first war against Rome, this coin was part of an extensive issue struck to finance his preparations.
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