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MITHRADATES VI
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) PONTIC KINGDOM Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC |
| Item Description: |
AR Tetradrachm Pontic Kingdom yr.224 (74/3 BC) rv stag grazing in wreath |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5 |
| Owner: |
karl49 |
Owner Comments:
PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.70 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Pergamum, dated December BE 224 (74/3 BC). Diademed head of Mithradates right, with windswept hair / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, Stag grazing left; star-in-crescent to left above monogram; to left, ΔKΣ (date), two monograms to right, Г (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. De Callatay D 62. HGC 7, 340. DCA 692. SNG Copenhagen 236 (same dies). Fantastic strike on a broad flan of good metal, with brilliant white surfaces.