Savoca Coins
Online Auction 97 | Silver 14 Mar 2021
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Kings of Sophene. Arkathiocerta (?). Mithradates II Philopator circa 89-after 85 BC.
Dichalkon Æ
17 mm, 3,96 g
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II to left, wearing bashlyk tied with a diadem, countermark: 𐡐 ('p' in Aramaic) / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY ΦIΛOΠ (or similar)], club, all within wreath, countermark: MIΘ within rectangular incuse.
nearly very fine
Kovacs 36; for obverse c/m: Kovacs p. 80, 28; for reverse c/m: Kovacs p.79, 22.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Dichalkon Æ
17 mm, 3,96 g
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II to left, wearing bashlyk tied with a diadem, countermark: 𐡐 ('p' in Aramaic) / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY ΦIΛOΠ (or similar)], club, all within wreath, countermark: MIΘ within rectangular incuse.
nearly very fine
Kovacs 36; for obverse c/m: Kovacs p. 80, 28; for reverse c/m: Kovacs p.79, 22.
From the Tareq Hani collection