Province Northern Black Sea
City Kingdom of the Bosporus 
Region Bosporus
Reign Mithridates
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head, r.
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ, ΗΛΤ
Reverse design Nike advancing, l., with wreath and palm

Coin no. 1 of RPC I, 1909

 

Reference Artezian, Crimea: see Mikhail Abramzon, ‘Gold Staters of Aspurgus and MithridatesIII and New Complexes with Coins and Jewellery Items from the ArtezianSettlement’, Ancient Civilizations fromScythia to Siberia 23 (2017), pp. 1–41, p. 22 fi7. 8; p. 30 for other specimens (a total of 3, including this one)
Diameter 20
Weight 7.80
Axis
Note
Addition Additional coin (post publication)