Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator Pergamon; ΓKΣ Θ

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
Król	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	223 (74 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	16.81 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 183427
References	HGC 7# 340 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. , SNG Ashmolean# 201 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 2645 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Weber# 4789 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Pozzi# 2100-2101 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , DCA2# 561 Edward E. Cohen; 2023. Dated coins of antiquity, Release 2. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (2 volumes). , Consul Weber# 2269 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Ozdobiona diademem głowa Mitradatesa VI po prawej, jego włosy spływają z tyłu Automatically translated

Reverse

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

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ
ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ
ΓΚΣ
Θ

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
223 (74 BC)							$ 800	$ 9700	$ 9700			(en) June 74 BC

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 150 Lot 637	2 Dec 2024	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 8866.12 (CHF 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 21 Lot 168	27 Nov 2020	XF	USD 10 167.29 (NOK 95 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	CNG Triton XIX Lot 144	5 Jan 2016	XF	USD 9500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Heritage Auctions 2021 August 19 - 20 ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction 3094 Lot 34098	19 Aug 2021	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 2/5)	USD 2100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXIX Lot 195	13 Jan 2026	XF	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XXVII Lot 217	9 Jan 2024	XF	USD 9000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XXVI Lot 185	10 Jan 2023	XF	USD 13 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIII Lot 260	24 Mar 2022	XF	USD 20 135.74 (GBP 15 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Auction 17 Lot 290	31 May 2025	XF	USD 12 032.60 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Hess Divo Auction 339 Lot 33	22 Oct 2020	XF	USD 12 032.60 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Hess Divo