Tetradrachm - Mithridates IV Sinope

Features

Issuer	Kings of Pontos
Król	Mithridates IV (Μιθριδάτης Δ' του Πόντου) (169 BC - 150 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	169 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	16.83 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 469479
References	SNG France# 780 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , SNG von Aulock#  6674 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Kraay&Hirm# 771 Colin Mackennal Kraay, Max Hirmer; 1966. Greek Coins. Thames & Hudson, London, United Kingdom. , Jameson# 2153 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Pozzi# 2091 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Kunstfreund# 244 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland. , Gulbenkian# 933-934 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). , Waddington# 112 Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France. , HGC 7# 326 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.

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Obverse

(en) Diademed and bearded head of Mithradates IV right, diadem ties falling behind.

Reverse

(en) Perseus standing facing, nude save for cloak over shoulders, with pointed cap and winged shoes, head of Medusa in outstretched right hand, harpa cradled in left arm; eight-pointed star over upwards crescent above.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ
ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-169)								$ 100 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2026 April 29 - 30 CSNS World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3132 Lot 31016	29 Apr 2026	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 2/5)	USD 22 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics Auction XXVIII Lot 273	5 Jul 2023	XF	USD 59 080.07 (GBP 44 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXV Lot 326	22 Sep 2022	XF	USD 100 704.66 (GBP 75 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 106 Lot 246	9 May 2018	XF	USD 278 864.72 (CHF 220 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the von Aulock and Harald Salvesen collections; ex Leu 48, 1989, 209 = SNG von Aulock 6674 = Kraay&Hirm 771
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG