Mithradates I - AE 4 сhalkoi - Herakles standing left
Identifier
A&Y-15; Kovacs-unlisted; ANRO-947
Reference Description
Armenia Minor
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 сhalkoi
Obv. Head of Mithradates left in bashlyk tied with diadem.
Rev. Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ on left downward ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ.
Kovacs-unlisted
Arakelian & Yevadian-15
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 сhalkoi
Obv. Head of Mithradates left in bashlyk tied with diadem.
Rev. Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ on left downward ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ.
Kovacs-unlisted
Arakelian & Yevadian-15
Provenance
| Auction | Date | Characteristics | |
| 7 | Savoca Coins Auction 123 Lot 501 | 16mm, 3.65g | 16mm, 3.65g |
| 6 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 18 Lot 1392 | 17-Dec-2021 | 15mm, 3.57g, 12h |
| 5 | Roma Numismatics eAuction 84 Lot 660 | 15-Jun-2021 | 15mm, 2.03g, 12h |
| 4 | Savoca Coins Auction 100 Lot 217 | 17-Apr-2021 | 18mm, 3.65g |
| 3 | Roma Numismatics eAuction 82 Lot 485 | 14-Apr-2021 | 15mm, 3.56g, 12h |
| 2 | Savoca Coins Auction 90 Lot 724 | 27-Nov-2020 | 19mm, 4.72g |
| 1 | Leu Numismatik Auction 3 Lot 115 | 26-Oct-2018 | 13mm, 1.95g, 12h |
Recommended Reading
Arakelian, Roy, and Maxime K. Yevadian. “Preliminary Note on The Coinage of King Mithradates I / Note Preliminaire Sur Le Monnayage Du Roi Mithradates I; Corpus Inedit Et Reflexion Sur Son Ideologie Royale.” Proceedings of The History Museum of Armenia, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 52-67, 204-233, 2024, https://doi.org/1829-0361.
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Citation
“Mithradates I - AE 4 сhalkoi - Herakles standing left,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed May 14, 2025, https://armnumres.org/index.php/items/show/947.