May 24, 2024
God this tetradrachm of Mithradates VI is gorgeous. Its going on sale through savoca on May 26. Here's the blurb>
Kings of Pontos. Mithradates VI Eupator 82-72 BC. Dated Bithyno Pontic Era 223, month 5 = February 74 BC. Tetradrachm AR
32 mm, 16,62 g
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.
Extremely Fine
Callataÿ p. 20 and pl. X (D45/R3); DCA 692; HGC 7, 340.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 106, 16 February 2023, lot 241 (hammer: GBP 2,600)
