Tetrachalkon - Mithridates VI

Features

Issuer	Amisos (Pontos)
Król	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	85 BC - 65 BC
Value	Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Brąz
Weight	8.87 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 415682
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1209 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. , HGC 7# 243 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. , Malloy# 26g Alex G. Malloy; 1970. The Coinage of Amisus. Self-published, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Wieniec na głowie Mitradatesa VI jako młody Dionizos w prawo. Automatically translated

Reverse

Skóra pantery i thyrsos na cista mystica; po lewej i prawej stronie cista monogramy. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ

Mint

Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

Comments

RG 24.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (85 BC - 65 BC)							$ 71

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 31 Lot 207	21 Apr 2024	VF	USD 69.69 (CHF 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 321 Lot 80	26 Feb 2014	VF	USD 95.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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