Kings of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AR Tetradrachm. Dated Bithyno Pontic Era 223, month 5, = February 74 BC. Diademed head to right / Stag grazing to left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; star-in-crescent above monogram to left, ΓKΣ (date) above monogram to right; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 20 and pl. X (D45/R3); DCA 692; HGC 7, 340. 16.70g, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private European collection.