THRACE. Odessus. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator (ca. 125-70 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.07 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, brushed, marks. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 125-70 BC. Head of Mithradates VI as Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; ΘΕ in center field, ΔH monogram below thrown. Price 1184.

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