Silver - 26th October 2011

Lot 624

Pontic Kingdom

Estimate £200 - £250 | Hammer £480

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Description

Pontic Kingdom, Mithradates VI, Eupator, the Great (120-63 BC), silver Tetradrachm, in name and type of Alexander the Great, Odessos mint, Herakles right, rev. Zeus seated left with eagle and staff, 16.5gms; Cappadocian Kingdom, Ariarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator, silver Drachm, head right, rev. standing Athena, 4gms. Both very fine first on full flan, second with obverse off-centre. (2) Ariarathes IX was the son of Mithradates VI.