Mithradates VI Eupator, King of Pontos, AR tetradrachm, ca 120-63 BC. 30 mm, 16.59 g. Amaseia or Sinope mint, ca 115-114 BC.

Diademed, youthful head of Mithradates VI right, with slightly unruly hair, short beard and diadem ends fluttering behind him.
BASILEWS MIQRADATOY EYPATOROS, Pegasos grazing left, right leg raised, head lowered. Eight-rayed star over crescent in upper left field, BDDD monogram below.

RecGen 11; Waddington 116; Winterthur 2388; Bloesch 52 in SNR 39 (1958).

Extremely rare, one of only four known coins of this type, and the only example not in a museum.

Contributed by Burak of Kayser-i Rum Numismatics, June 2020.
Ex Nomos AG, Auction 17, Lot 149 (2020).