Tetrachalkon - Mithridates VI

Features

Issuer	Amisos (Pontos)
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	85 BC - 65 BC
Value	Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	7.59 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 415615
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1202-1204 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , HGC 7# 243 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Malloy# 26b Alex G. Malloy; 1970. The Coinage of Amisus. Self-published, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right.

Reverse

Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; to left, monogram of HTP.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ

Translation: Amisos

Mint

Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (85 BC - 65 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 36 Lot 339	23 Feb 2025	XF	USD 215.39 (CHF 170.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 31 Lot 204	21 Apr 2024	VF	USD 95.03 (CHF 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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