Stater - Mithridates VI Pergamon

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	4 (85 BC)
Calendar	Pergamon era
Value	Gold Stater (20)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Gold
Weight	8.47 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581511
References	SNG France# 811 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , de Luynes# 2393 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG BM Black Sea# 1027 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. , BMC Greek# 1 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Berry# 893 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes).

Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Stag grazing left; star-in-crescent to left; to right Δ (date) above civic monogram of Pergamon; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ
Δ

Translation:
King Mithridates Eupator
[year] 4

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
4 (85 BC)

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