KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Mithradates I Kallinikos, circa 96-70 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.35 g, 12 h). Diademed head of Mithradates to right, wearing pointed tiara . Rev. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ // [MI]ΘPAΔATOY / [KA]ΛΛINIKOY Athena standing left, holding Nike with her right hand and, with her left, a spear and a shield, which leans against her left leg. ACV 187. Alram 242. Bedoukian, coinage 20. Kovacs 221. With a bold portrait in high relief and dark tan patinated surfaces, with some remaining deposits. Good very fine.
From the collection of Yerets' Kariatin, Switzerland.