(BC 120-63) Mithradates VI - AV Stater

ca 120-63 BC. AV Stater (22mm, 8.45g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 12, year 223 BE (September 74 BC). Diademed head right / Stag grazing left; BAÎ£IÎ›EÎ©Î£ above, MIÎ˜PAÎ”ATOY EYÎ ATOPOÎ£ in two lines below; to left, star-in-crescent above Î“KÎ£ (year); two monograms to right, IB (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Near EF, a few light marks. Superb high relief portrait, boldly struck and beautifully centered on a broad flan. A unique example, the latest known stater from his reign.

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Filename:	93000339.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kings of Pontos
Keywords:	gold / hellenistic
References:	Unpublished, but cf. CallataÃ¿ dies D52-55 for tetradrachms from the same date, certainly by the same engraver
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 93 (5/2013), lot 339 ($32,500 + comm)
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