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Tetrachalkon - 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 Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency Drachm
Composition Brąz
Weight 7.2 g
Diameter 21.5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
371256
References SNG BM Black Sea# 1218-1219
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 Stancomb# 704
William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
, SNG Copenhagen# 165
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, Malloy# 38
Alex G. Malloy; 1970. The Coinage of Amisus. Self-published, New York City, New York, United States.
, HGC 7# 244
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

(en) Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress

Reverse

(en) Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder.

Script: grecki

Lettering: AMI-ΣOY

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Mint

Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

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Picture 1 of a sold Tetrachalkon - Mithridates VI
Nomos AG
obolos 36
Lot 333
Internet Archive
23 Feb 2025 VF USD 253.41
(CHF 200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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