Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; BKΣ Θ

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	222 (75 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.84 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581668
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1038 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# 5 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

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Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram; to right, BKΣ (year) above monogram; Θ (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
MIΘPAΔATOY
EYΠATOPOΣ
BKΣ
Θ

Translation:
King Mithridates Eupator
[year] 222
[month] 9

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
222 (75 BC)								$ 5500				June 75 BC

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator (Pergamon; BKΣ Θ)

SNG BM Black Sea 1038; BMC Greek (Pontus) p. 44, 5

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Heritage Auctions 2024 August 15 - 17 ANA World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3118 Lot 34082	15 Aug 2024	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 6500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 138 Lot 296	7 Mar 2005	XF	USD 2674.51 (EUR 2300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 317 Lot 179	9 Mar 2026	XF	USD 6976.99 (EUR 6000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 273 Lot 162	19 Nov 2020	XF	USD 8721.23 (EUR 7500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	CNG Triton XX Lot 183	10 Jan 2017	XF	USD 7250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2010), no. 68
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	H. D. Rauch Auction 120 Lot 90	23 Jun 2025	XF	USD 3488.49 (EUR 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch
	CNG Electronic Auction 535 Lot 54	29 Mar 2023	XF	USD 4750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXVII Lot 224	22 Mar 2023	XF	USD 5106.99 (GBP 3800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 126 Lot 195	17 Nov 2021	XF	USD 9511.38 (CHF 7500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Künker Auction 182 Lot 259	14 Mar 2011	XF	USD 8721.23 (EUR 7500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg