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
Undetermined
ND (105 BC - 85 BC)							$ 70

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