KINGS OF PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.39 g, 11 h), Pergamon, BE 223, 9th month = June 74 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - MIΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ / EYΠATOPOΣ Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram; to right, ΓΚΣ above monogram; in exergue, Θ; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 20, D48/R3 ( this coin ). Davis 186 ( same obverse die ). RG p. 19, 16. SNG Paris 817. Lightly toned and with an attractive portrait. Slightly porous and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 329, November-Dezember 1971, 173.