Kings of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AR Tetradrachm. Dated Bithyno Pontic Era 212, month 12 = September 86/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Stag grazing on ground line to left, BAΣΙΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ below; to left, star within crescent above monogram; BIΣ (year) and monogram to right, IB (month) below; all within ivy wreath. De Callataÿ pl. VII, D4/R2; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 692; HGC 7, 340. 16.75g, 33mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; a fine late Hellenistic portrait. Extremely Rare; the second known example after one specimen cited by De Callataÿ.
From the inventory of a German dealer.