
Aegis facing / AMI-ΣOY, Nike walking right, holding palm tied with fillet over left shoulder; monogram right. 22mm, 5.98 grams. SNG BMC Black Sea 1180-1182; SNG Stancomb 689ff; SNG Cop 171ff; SNG von Aulock 6725ff; Laffaille 412; RecGen 44ff.
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most famous and determined opponents, prosecuting a number of bloody Mithridatic wars against the Roman Empire.