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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates VI

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates VI

Greek; Kingdom of Pontus (now northern Turkey)
Date
90-89 BCE, reign of Mithradates VI of Pontus and Bithynia (120–63 BCE)
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Diam.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Credit line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Subjects