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Pontos, Zela Æ 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC. Head of Mithras to right, wearing Phrygian cap / [ZHΛITΩN], rooster with crescent on neck standing to right; above, E; to lower right, monogram of APE. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG BM Black Sea -; HGC -; BMC -. 7.59g, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
The rooster relates to the Hellenized cult of the Persian goddess Anahita (Old Pers. Anāhitā, Greek Anaitis) at Zela, one of the Mithradatids together with that of Ma at Comana and Mēn of Pharnaces at Ameria.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
The rooster relates to the Hellenized cult of the Persian goddess Anahita (Old Pers. Anāhitā, Greek Anaitis) at Zela, one of the Mithradatids together with that of Ma at Comana and Mēn of Pharnaces at Ameria.