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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.23
People
Mithradates VI Eupator, Greek (r. 120-63 BCE)
Title
Drachm of Mithradates VI of Pontos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
86 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Pontus
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20768

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.61 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
drachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.23
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed head of Mithradates with floating hair to r.
Rev.: Stag to l. within oak wreath.

Verification Level

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