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ID:     74000262
Type:     Greek
Region:     PONTUS KINGS
Issuer:     Mithradates VI
Date Ruled:     Circa 120-63 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 78
Weight:     16.62 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Diademed head right, hair tousled and freely flowing
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ
Reverse Description:     Stag grazing left; star-in-crescent and monogram to left, ΘΙΣ (year) and monogram to right, Θ (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit
Mint:     Pergamon
Primary Reference:     Callataÿ P. 17, dies D17/R- (unlisted rev. die)
Reference2:     RG 16
Reference3:     SNG Cop Supp. 283 var. (month)
Reference4:     Hunterian 3; Waddington 125
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96675
Grade:     Good VF
Notes:     Dated month 9 of 219 BE (June, 78 BC). Sale: Triton X, Lot: 262 From the Richard Winokur Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 12 (28 October 2005), lot 138.