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Octochalkon - Mithridates VI

Features

Issuer Amisos (Pontos)
Król Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 105 BC - 85 BC
Value Octochalkon (⅙)
Currency Drachm
Composition Brąz
Weight 19.3 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
340216
References SNG BM Black Sea# 1173-1176
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.
, SNG Copenhagen# 137
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, GCV# 3637
David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes).
, Malloy# 16
Alex G. Malloy; 1970. The Coinage of Amisus. Self-published, New York City, New York, United States.
, HGC 7# 238
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.

Obverse

Głowa Ateny w hełmie, po prawej.Automatically translated

Reverse

Perseusz stojący, trzymający miecz i odciętą głowę Meduzy; Monogramy Mitrydatesa VI.Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΜΙ ΣΟΥ

Mint

Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (105 BC - 85 BC)  Photo $ 70

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Octochalkon - Mithridates VI
Nomos AG
obolos 36
Lot 332
Internet Archive
23 Feb 2025 VF USD 696.86
(CHF 550.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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