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Coins of Mithradates VI of Pontus
04 November 2023
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Coins of Mithradates VI of Pontus:聽Figure 1
Item: | Tetradrachm |
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Issue: | Mithradates VI of Pontus |
Mint: | Pontus |
Material: | Silver |
Diameter: | 32 mm |
Weight: | 15.31 g |
Date: | 74/73 BCE |
Obverse: | Head of Mithradates wearing a diadem, looking upwards and his hair flowing backwards. |
Reverse: | Grazing deer surrounded by circular border of flowers. Inscription above and below. |
Inscription: | 螔螒危螜螞螘惟危 螠螜螛巍螒螖螒韦螣违 螘违螤螒韦螣巍螣危 (=of King Mithradates Eupator) |
Accession #: | JLMC: 180.96.5 |
Credit: | Copyright 成人大片, Christchurch |
Obverse:
![Head of beardless Mithradates Head of beardless Mithradates](/content/uoc-main-site/language-master/en/about-uc/what-we-do/uc-in-the-community/exhibitions-and-collections/alexander-the-great-exhibition/the-coins-of-alexander-the-great/coins-of-mithradates-vi/coins-of-mithradates-vi-of-pontus/_jcr_content/root/container-content/columncontrol/container1/image.coreimg.jpeg/1696581063982/head-of-mithradates-wearing-diadem-1-uc.jpeg)
Reverse:
![Grazing deer Grazing deer](/content/uoc-main-site/language-master/en/about-uc/what-we-do/uc-in-the-community/exhibitions-and-collections/alexander-the-great-exhibition/the-coins-of-alexander-the-great/coins-of-mithradates-vi/coins-of-mithradates-vi-of-pontus/_jcr_content/root/container-content/columncontrol/container1/image_1234608367.coreimg.jpeg/1696581099864/grazing-deer-1-uc.jpeg)