THRACE. Odessus. Mithradates VI Eupator (ca. 125-70 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.31 gm, 12h). VF. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great. Head of 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; crested Corinthian helmet right above ΔA in inner left field, ΠΥ monogram below throne. cf. Price 1178 (ΔH in left field, no monogram under throne). Possibly a Celtic imitation.

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