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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Pontic Kingdom| > SH88032
Kingdom of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator, c. 120 - 63 B.C., In the Name and Types of Lysimachos of Thrace
|Pontic| |Kingdom|, |Kingdom| |of| |Pontos,| |Mithradates| |VI| |Eupator,| |c.| |120| |-| |63| |B.C.,| |In| |the| |Name| |and| |Types| |of| |Lysimachos| |of| |Thrace|, In the years following his death Alexander the Great came to be the subject of cult worship throughout the Mediterranean basin. His corpse was appropriated by Ptolemy I who transported it to Egypt, initially interring it at Memphis, then to a mausoleum and center of worship in Alexandria. It survived until the 4th century A.D. when Theodosius banned paganism, only to disappear without trace.
SH88032. Gold stater, Callataÿ p. 140, pl. XXXVII (D4/R2); SNG Cop 1089; AMNG I 260; HGC 3.2 1824, VF, well centered and struck on a compact flan, die wear, some bumps and marks, Kallatis mint, weight 8.277g, maximum diameter 19.0mm, die axis 0o, First Mithradatic War, c. 88 - 86 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great right wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse Athena seated left, Victory crowning name with wreath held in Athena's extended right hand, resting left elbow on round shield leaning on back of seat, HP monogram inner left, KAΛ below seat, trident in exergue ornamented with two small dolphins, ΛYΣIMAXOY downward on left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ downward on right; SOLD










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