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Dia, Bithynia, 85 - 65 B.C.
Mithradates VI Eupator "the Great"expanded his Pontic Kingdom through conquest, which inevitably brought him into conflict with Rome. Mithradates regarded himself as the champion of the Greeks against Rome, however, after three years of war, he was defeated by Pompey the Great.GB79968. Bronze AE 21, SNG Stancomb 807; SNGvA 347; Callataÿ pl. XLIX, B; Rec Gen p. 342, 3; HGC 7 453 (S); SNG BM 1560 ff. var. (no monogram r.); SNG Cop 404 var. (same), gVF, attractive style, well struck on a tight flan, nice green patina, Bithynia, Dia (near Akcakoca, Turkey) mint, weight 7.690g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 0o, under Mithradates VI of Pontos, 85 - 65 B.C.; obverse laureate, bearded head of Zeus right; reverse eagle standing left on fulmen (thunderbolt), head right, wings open, monograms left and right, ΔIAΣ below; SOLD
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