KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 11 mm, 1.76 g, 10 h). Draped bust of Mithradates I to left, bearded and wearing bashlyk tied with a diadem. Rev. MIΘP[A]ΔATHC Nike advancing left, holding wreath in both hands; all within round incuse. Kovacs -. Obolos 12 (2019), 28 corr. (misdescribed). Unpublished and the second known example. Well struck and clear and with a well readable retrograde legend. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


What makes this coin particularly interesting, aside from its new reverse type, is the retrograde reverse legend, which lacks the royal title (or would it appear above Nike?) and is curiously written in the nominative.