# Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates VI

- By: Ancient Greek (now northern Turkey)
- Date: 90-89 BCE, reign of Mithradates VI of Pontus and Bithynia (120–63 BCE)
- Medium: Silver
- Classification: Coin
- Dimensions: Diam.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Greece
- Credit line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5773)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b506dcd9-0c05-5749-0411-22ad4e405baa/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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The front of this coin portrays King Mithradates, wearing a diadem and facing right.

The back depicts the winged horse Pegasus surrounded by an as yet untranslated inscription.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0