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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 6625910, member: 96898&quot;]This has to be [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER]! As his name says, he usually prefers Rome&#039;s even more eastern foes. Yet, Mithridates VI still is from &quot;the east&quot; and if anyone ever deserved the title &quot;enemy of Rome,&quot; it&#039;s him. Also, there was a Parthian ruler of the same name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example of the type, which I bought from Ken Dorney back in the day when coin shows were still possible...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267347[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Pontos, Amisos (Kingdom of Pontos under Mithridates VI Eupator), AE 21, ca. 105–85 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion in aegis. Rev: [A]MI-ΣΟ[Υ]; Nike advancing r. with palm branch; in fields, monograms. 21mm, 7.40g. Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1177–1191.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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