KINGS OF PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 16.43 g, 12 h), Pergamon, Bithyno-Pontic Era year 209 = 89/88, month 5. Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / MIΘPAΔATOY / EYΠATOPOΣ / E Pegasos grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent (pontic royal badge); to right, ΘΣ above monogram; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. De Callataÿ D50/R1a. Dewing 2121 var. (no month). Receuil Géneral 15 and pl. II, 10. SNG Copenhagen -. An attractive example. Struck on a slightly short flan and with a very minor die shift on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.