About this artwork
The front of this coin portrays King Mithradates, wearing a diadem and facing right.
The back depicts the winged horse Pegasus surrounded by an as yet untranslated inscription.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Culture
- Ancient Greek
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Title
- Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates VI
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Place
- Greece (Minted in)
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Date
- Struck 90 BCE–89 BCE
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Medium
- Silver
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Inscriptions
- Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ "King Mithradates Eupator" (Monogram: ΒΚ) (In field: ΗΣ Θ) "Year 208 month 9"
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Dimensions
- Diam.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
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Reference Number
- 1922.4928
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/5773/manifest.json