17C037
PONTIC KINGDOM, MITHRADATES VI, EUPATOR
AR Tetradrachm (16.76 gm)
Pergamum, c. 85-84 B.C.

Diademed head of Mithradates VI r. / Stag grazing within wreath. Waddington 16h.

The obverse portrait reflects the attributes of Alexander the Great. Mithradates VI styled himself as the glorious champion of the Greeks against the imperialistic Roman barbarians, as one of Rome's most formidable and successful foes in the Mithradatic Wars.

Catalogue XVII

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