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Tetradrachm of Kigdom of Pontus and Bosporus with head of Mithradates VI
Greek
Hellenistic Period
85–84 B.C.
Mint: Pontus and Bosporus (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 16.79 gm. Die Axis: 10
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number54.37
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 136.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right.
Reverse: Stag standing to left, on a small ground line, feeding.
In field at the left, star in crescent; the whole in a large ivy wreath.
Inscriptions within wreath.
Reverse: Stag standing to left, on a small ground line, feeding.
In field at the left, star in crescent; the whole in a large ivy wreath.
Inscriptions within wreath.
ProvenanceBy 1954: with Jacques Schulman, Keizersgracht 448, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Schulman auction, January 18-19, 1954, lot 716); purchased by MFA from Jacques Schulman at the auction for $ 657.25 (the total price for MFA 54.37-54.41); accessioned February 11, 1954