Pontic, Mithradates VI. Tetradrachm

Pontic, Mithradates VI; Second Mithradatic War, Odessus, ca. 80-71 BC, in the name of Alexander III, under Lako(n), magistrate, Tetradrachm, 15.85g. HGC-3, 1589, Price-1193, Callataÿ Group 3. Obv: Head of Herakles r. with the features of Mithradates VI of Pontos, wearing lion skin. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated l; ΛAKΩ in l. field, [OΔH] in exergue.This is one of the exceptional portraits struck by Mithradates VI before the Second Mithradatic War, which concluded before this issue could be released . EF