109 BC - 63
BC |
Tetradrachm / Τετράδραχμον AR 28 |
SHH 2406 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
16.24 g 27.3-29.5 mm 12:00
o'clock VF Head of Herakles (features of Mithradates) right. Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle right in outstretched right hand and sceptre in left; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on left, downward; ΛΑΚΩ below arm holding eagle; ΟΔΗ in exergue. 2nd Mithradatic war ca. 83-82 BC AMNG I/2 2171; Copenhagen II 725 (Macedonia, 1st. c. BC); de Callataÿ p. 89, Pl. XXVII; Dewing ---; Price 1193; Stancomb 272 (ca. 80-72 BC) |