Lot 36
Pontos, Kings of. Mithradates VI, "the Great," 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.61 g), dated August 95 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right. Reverse: Pegasus grazing to left, above at left, star within crescent; around and to right: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATPOΣ, plus date, along with monogram, and IA below; all within ivy wreath. Callatay D 20 / R I. Large, boldly fierce Hellenistic portrait on spacious flan. Very attractively toned -- the portrait ringed with bright iridescent colors. A superb example of his earlier dated coinage. NGC graded Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000.
Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 23.
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