THRACE. Odessus. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator (ca. 125-70 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.12 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, brushed. 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; ΛΑK in center field, OΔH in exergue. Price 1192.

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