Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; EΣ H

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	205 (92 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.61 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 581844
References	SNG von Aulock# 6 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 234 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).

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Obverse

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.

Reverse

Pegasus grazing left; in field to left, star-in-crescent (Pontic royal badge); to right, EΣ (year) above monogram; in exergue, H (month); all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
EYΠATOPOΣ
EΣ
H

Translation:
King Eupator
[year] 205
[month] 8

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
205 (92 BC)								$ 3500				May 92 BC

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Past sales

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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 31 Lot 481	7 Sep 2024	XF	USD 5774.93 (CHF 4600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 30 Lot 641	13 Jul 2024	XF	USD 3264.09 (CHF 2600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 105 Lot 210	19 Jan 2023	XF	USD 3473.54 (GBP 2600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 92 Lot 430	16 Dec 2021	XF	USD 3206.35 (GBP 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 132 Lot 287	30 May 2022	XF	USD 6277.09 (CHF 5000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Auction 6 Lot 157	23 Oct 2020	XF	USD 5523.84 (CHF 4400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Vinchon, 14 April 1984, 150
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	Gorny & Mosch Auction 261 Lot 287	4 Mar 2019	XF	USD 2538.09 (EUR 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Roma Numismatics Auction 7 Lot 748	22 Mar 2014	XF	USD 3206.35 (GBP 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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