255 Pontos; Mithradates VI (120 - 63 B.C.)
Pontos. Uncertain mint circa 130-100 BC.
Bronze Æ
11 mm., 1,90 g.
very fine
Mithradates VI the Great (Eupator Dionysius)
Reign: 120 - 63 B.C.
Æ 11 mm, 1.90 grams, Pontos, uncertain mint, EF.
OBV.: horse-head right, with star of eight points and central pellet on neck;
REV.: comet star of seven points, central pellet, and tail to right;
SNG BM 984; SNG Stancomb 653; Lindgren III 154; HGC 7 317,
An enigmatic and very rare coin with unusual curious types.
SAVOCA Coins London, Blue Auction 1, Lot 99, Mar. 23, 2019.
No. 0099-03232019
FILE: GREEK
NOTE: Some sources have the date as: 130 - 100 B.C.
Other sources state this could be an apparition of comet Halley which was observed in August, 87 to 86 B.C. Halley's comet was observed to get faint and then disappear in the constellation of Pegasus, which might be the horse's head and star found on the obverse.
255 Pontos; Mithradates VI (120 - 63 B.C.)
Pontos. Uncertain mint circa 130-100 BC.
Bronze Æ
11 mm., 1,90 g.
very fine
Mithradates VI the Great (Eupator Dionysius)
Reign: 120 - 63 B.C.
Æ 11 mm, 1.90 grams, Pontos, uncertain mint, EF.
OBV.: horse-head right, with star of eight points and central pellet on neck;
REV.: comet star of seven points, central pellet, and tail to right;
SNG BM 984; SNG Stancomb 653; Lindgren III 154; HGC 7 317,
An enigmatic and very rare coin with unusual curious types.
SAVOCA Coins London, Blue Auction 1, Lot 99, Mar. 23, 2019.
No. 0099-03232019
FILE: GREEK
NOTE: Some sources have the date as: 130 - 100 B.C.
Other sources state this could be an apparition of comet Halley which was observed in August, 87 to 86 B.C. Halley's comet was observed to get faint and then disappear in the constellation of Pegasus, which might be the horse's head and star found on the obverse.