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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4805320, member: 57495&quot;][ATTACH=full]1166858[/ATTACH]<b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p>AE17. 8.02g, 18.1mm. ATTICA, Athens, 87/6 BC. Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos, and the Athenian tyrant Aristion. SNG Cop 307; HGC 4, 1710. O: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet to right. R: A-Ε/Θ Zeus standing right, hurling thunderbolt; to right, star between two crescents. </p><p>Notes: <i>Struck during the First Mithridatic War, when the city was under the control of the tyrant Aristion, an ally of Mithridates VI against Rome. Soon after, Athens would be besieged and sacked by Sulla.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Next: A coin connected to Mithradates VI or Sulla[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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