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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Bithynia| > GB93821
Dia, Bithynia, 85 - 65 B.C.
|Bithynia|, |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.
GB93821. Bronze AE 20, SNG Stancomb 805; SNG BM Black Sea 1560; SNGvA 345; Rec Gen p. 342, 2; HGC 7 453 (S), aVF, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, Bithynia, Dia (near Akcakoca, Turkey) mint, weight 6.771g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, 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; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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