Hess-Divo
Auction 339 22 Oct 2020
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GREEK COINS. KINGDOM OF PONTUS.
MITHRIDATES VI EUPATOR, king 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm, struck in the 9th month of 74 BC. AR 16.78 g. Head r., wearing royal diadem, hair floating. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΙΘΡΑ ΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ Stag grazing l.; in field l., star above crescent and monogram, in field r., date ΓΚΣ (= year 223 of the local era) and monogram, below royal epithet, Θ (= 9th month of the year); all within wreath of ivy leaves and blossoms (corymbes). De Callataÿ 20, D48/R8 (same rev. die, new obv. die); SNG BN Paris 817.
Rare. Good portrait. Large flan. Nice old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
MITHRIDATES VI EUPATOR, king 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm, struck in the 9th month of 74 BC. AR 16.78 g. Head r., wearing royal diadem, hair floating. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΙΘΡΑ ΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ Stag grazing l.; in field l., star above crescent and monogram, in field r., date ΓΚΣ (= year 223 of the local era) and monogram, below royal epithet, Θ (= 9th month of the year); all within wreath of ivy leaves and blossoms (corymbes). De Callataÿ 20, D48/R8 (same rev. die, new obv. die); SNG BN Paris 817.
Rare. Good portrait. Large flan. Nice old cabinet tone. Extremely fine