Mithradates III   Regnum Ponticum   220-185 BC

M005 Mithradates III


Mithradates III / Μιθριδάτης Γ'   220-185 BC


v4621 Mithradates III AR
SHH v4621
Mithradates / Zeus
CNG Triton XII/267
Mithradates III son of Mithradates II acceded the throne of Pontus 220 BC.

Little is known about this King. Some times he is identified as beeing identical with Mithradates II. He occupied farther parts of Paphlagonia but was not able to take the fortified city of Sinope.

He was the first king of Pontos to issue coinage with his portrait.

References

Ροδάκης Περικλής   2003
Ιστορία του Πόντου, Τόμος 1ος,  Γόρδιος, Αθήνα, 2003, Σελ.133 



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   Alexandrine Empire after Ipsos Battle
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