Mithradates VI ( Eupator Dionysus surname) who is rated up there with Hannibal in Rome. Great king, politician, warrior. i was reading about him in college lit. in the 70's and just now realized it(one of A.E. Housmans poems). Beat back Romes strongest generals (Mithradatic Wars) Sulla, Lucullus before his armies where finally beaten by Pompeys forces. He practiced what became known as his name, building up a tolerance for poisons by taking them in small doses. So much so that according to legend, when he tried to kill himself, poison had no effect. Julius Caesar, Nero, along with others up to modern times, would come to use Mithridate concoctions as antidotes and preventives from poisons and such. Mithradates IV bronze ca. 100 bc Pontos Amisos obverse: crested helmeted head of Ares. reverse sheathed sword, monogram with other stuff FEEL FREE TO POST COMMENTS AND PICS PEEPS
A must-have historical figure, definitely! I wish I had a portrait tetradrachm, but I can at least imagine this is him in a bashlyk: 120-111 or 100-95 BC Obv: Head right wearing bashlyk. Rev: AMIΣOY. Quiver and unstrung bow. SNG Copenhagen 131. 21.6 g, 24 mm.
This book deals very extensively on the Mithradratic Wars. I was just reading last night about those challenging times for the Republic. They came so close to losing the Greek speaking portion of the empire... yet few people today know about that. Here...I highly recommend the book
Congrats on that very cool OP-coin, gregarious ... I don't have that type Oh, and your coin rocks too, Sev Alex (a total winner) Man, I love Pontos coins
This fellow here, Tiberius Julius Mithradates of the Bosporus Kingdom, is the great-great grandson of your Mithradates. He is depicted with his mother, Gepaepyris, the wife of Aspurgus. Tiberius Julius Mithradates, King of the Bosporus AD 41-45, and his mother, Gepaepyris, Wife of Aspurgus. Bosporus Kingdom, probably prior to AD 41 AE 12 nummia, 7.92 gm; 23.5 mm Obv: ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ, laureate head of Mithradates, right Rev: ΒΑCΙΛΛΙCCΗC ΓΗΠΑΠΥΡΕΩC, laureate, draped bust of Queen Gepaepyris, right. Refs: Anokhin Bosphorus 331; SGI 5433; BMC 13.51,5. Aspurgus, in turn, was the son of Queen Dynamis of the Bosporus Kingdom ... Dynamis, Queen of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Bosporus, Agrippia (Phanagoria), late 1st Century BC AE 8 nummia, 4.4 gm; 19 mm Obv: Veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΓΡΙΠΠΕΩΝ, prow left, mark of value H in field at right Refs: RPC 1935; BMC 1; Zograph pl. xlv, 14. Dynamis, in turn, was the granddaughter of Mithradates VI and the grandmother of Tiberius Julius Mithradates. Therefore, T.J. Mithradates is the great-great-grandson of your Mithradates VI.
Super posts!!!!!! Here's an example I picked up from FORVM with their attributions/info: "Amisos was settled c. 760 - 750 B.C. by people from Miletus, who established a flourishing trade relationship with the ancient peoples of Anatolia. Amisos came under the rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire, and then the Kingdom of Pontus. The Romans took control in 47 B.C. and Amisos remained within the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome. In 1200, the city was captured by the Seljuks, to be later taken over by the Ilhanlilar. Amisos today is Samsun, a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey." GB70580. Bronze AE 22, SNG BM 1221 ff.; SNG Cop 134; SNG Stancomb 705; BMC Pontus p. 15, 24; SNGvA 56 var. (monogram), aEF, flan adjustment marks, Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, weight 8.286g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, die axis 0o, under Mithradates VI of Pontos, 85 - 65 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse eagle standing on thunderbolt, head turned back, open wings, monogram left
Cool Coins & Super Posts. Here is my Mithradates VI: THRACE Odessos Pontic Kingdom Mithradates VI (The Great) AR Tetradrachm 83 – 82 B.C. 15.97 gms, 27 mm Obv: Portrait of Mithradates as Alexander III as Hercules. Rev: Zeus seated on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. ΛA monogram below arm and partially obscured monogram OΔH (Odessus) in exergue. BAΣIΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞNΔΡOY. Grade: VF with good centering and strike. Nicely toned good silver. Other: This Odessus coin type was minted in between 125-70 B.C. This particular coin may have been struck 83-82 B.C. However, it is a point of speculation whether it was minted previous to the second Mithridatic War or during it to finance the battle. Price 1191. Ex Harlan J Berk, Ltd., Dec 2013. From private sale Feb 22, 2014
@gregarious ! Great coin! My only Mith VI... Man, for such an important historical figure, I need to get a much better representative coin! Pontos Amisos Mithradates VI 109-89 BC AE 28 Athena Perseus Medusa Head Body
