Gemini, LLC
Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.72g (12h). Pergamum, 85/4 BC. Obv: Head of Mithradates with flowing hair right. Rx: Stag grazing left with star and crescent in front and two monograms in back. Above, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; below, ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ. All within ivy wreath. De Callatay, p. 23, pl. XIII; Gulbenkian Coll. 944; Pozzi Coll. 2098. Powerful portrait of Mithradates as a god. Iridescent toning. A few contact marks on the obverse. Mint State
Ex Nancy Walsh Collection, acquired from Berk 72, 4 August 1992, lot 147
After having relinquished Athens and Greece proper to the Romans, Mithridates withdrew to Asia Minor. For a couple of years, he established a mint at Pergamon, before he was forced to leave the conquered territories in western Asia Minor in 84 BC (peace treaty of Dardanos, ending the 1st Mithridatic War). Thus, the Mithridatic tetradrachms of Pergamon are fairly rare, and their artistic quality matches that of the products of the former Attalid mint
Ex Nancy Walsh Collection, acquired from Berk 72, 4 August 1992, lot 147
After having relinquished Athens and Greece proper to the Romans, Mithridates withdrew to Asia Minor. For a couple of years, he established a mint at Pergamon, before he was forced to leave the conquered territories in western Asia Minor in 84 BC (peace treaty of Dardanos, ending the 1st Mithridatic War). Thus, the Mithridatic tetradrachms of Pergamon are fairly rare, and their artistic quality matches that of the products of the former Attalid mint