Mithradates VI - AR Tetradrachm

Coin

Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Obverse

Name/Title

Mithradates VI - AR Tetradrachm

Entry/Object ID

C2020-G108-562

Description

A coin issued by Mithradates VI depicting himself as a Hellenistic king in the tradition of Alexander the Great.

Collection

Hellenistic Greece

Mintage

Mint

Kingdom of Pontus

Date made

Oct 85 BCE

Time Period

Hellenistic

Place of Origin

Region

Kingdom of Pontus

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

Head of Mithradates VI diademed, right.

Reverse

Description

Stag, grazing left, star and crescent to left in field; ΓIΣ and monogrammed AΛ to right in field; A below in field.

Transcription

BAΣIΛEΩΣ MYΘΡAΔATOY EYΠATOΡOΣ

Translation

King Mithradates Eupator

Issuing Authority

Mithradates VI

Denomination

AR Tetradrachm

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Kingdom of Pontus

Culture/Tribe

Greek - Hellenistic

Composition

Material

Silver

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

BMC Kingdoms of Pontus and Bosporus 3 var.

Research Type

Reference

Notes

De Callataÿ D5-R4a