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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates VI

Greek; Kingdom of Pontus (now northern Turkey)LinkedCulture matchlcp-3a0f3b7fdd19

Date: 90-89 BCE, reign of Mithradates VI of Pontus and Bithynia (120–63 BCE)
Medium: Silver
Culture: Greece
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 5773

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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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Credit line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Provenance: Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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Object type: AAT300037334

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