
Youthful, helmeted head of Ares right // AMI-ΣOY, sword in sheath. 21mm, 8.00 grams. Amisos mint, minted c.85-65 BC. BMC 40-41; SNG BM Black Sea 1177; Sear SG 3643.
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.