Electrotype: Kingdom of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AR Tetradrachm. Unknown maker, circa 19th century. Copying the issue of Bithyno Pontic year 208 = May 89 BC. Diademed head to right / Pegasos on ground line to left, preparing to lie down, BAΣΙΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ below; star within crescent to left, HΣ (year) and monogram to right, H (month) below; all within ivy wreath. For prototype, cf.: De Callataÿ p. 12, D47/R-; Waddington, Receuil Géneral 15; SNG BM 1032; Gulbenkian 938 and Pl. LXXVI. 11.98g, 33mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From a private UK collection.