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Tetradrachm - Mithridates VI Eupator
| Issuer | Kings of Pontos |
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| Year | 74 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, diademed portrait of Mithridates VI Eupator facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic idealized style with youthful, heroic features. The king's long, wavy hair streams dramatically behind him in animated locks, a hallmark of the portraiture associated with this ruler. A diadem is tied about the head, its ends visible above the neck. The effigy is boldly struck in high relief, filling the flan with confident, sculptural modeling characteristic of Pontic royal coinage. The field is otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse description | A stag standing and feeding to the left occupies the central field, flanked on either side by monograms. To the upper left, a star set within a crescent moon serves as a dynastic symbol. To the right, the regnal date ΓΚΣ (year 223 of the Pontic era, equating to 74 BC) is inscribed, while below the stag the month letter Θ (ninth month) appears. The entire design is encircled by an ivy wreath, a Dionysiac emblem closely associated with Mithridates VI. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ runs around the design within the wreath. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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