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Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Amaseia or Sinope

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Issuer Kings of Pontos
King Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 115 BC - 114 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Attic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 16.59 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
581253
References SNG France# 783
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes).
, Waddington# 116
Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.
, Winterthur 2# 2388
Hansjörg Bloesch; 1997. Griechische Münzen in Winterthur 2. Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (2 volumes).

Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Pegasos standing left, his right leg bent upwards and his head bent down to graze; above Pegasos's head to left, eight-rayed star above crescent; below belly, monogram.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣΙΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (115 BC - 114 BC)  Photo $ 29 000

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Amaseia or Sinope) Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Amaseia or Sinope)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8560282h
16.59 g
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France 7, Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie mineure n° 783; Waddington 116
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Amaseia or Sinope)
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Nomos AG
Auction 22
Lot 154
Internet Archive
22 Jun 2021 VF USD 27 888.95
(CHF 22 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Amaseia or Sinope)
Nomos AG
Auction 17
Lot 149
Internet Archive
26 Oct 2018 VF USD 30 424.30
(CHF 24 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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