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Athenian Coin of Aristion and Mithradates

Athenian Coin of Aristion and Mithradates

‎In 88 B.C. Mithradates VI of Pontus massacred about 80,000 Roman and Italian settlers in what is now western Asian Turkey. He soon took Athens from the Romans, installing a ruler named Aristion. Rome forbade subject territories to mint gold coins so Mithradates minted this gold stater, similar to long-familiar Athenian types. It shows Athena (obverse) and her owl with inscription “of Athens, King Mithradates, [and] Aristion” (reverse). In 86 B.C. the Romans counterattacked, executed Aristion, and leveled much of Athens, firmly taking control there.
‎Acts 2:9, Acts 17:15–18:1, 1 Pet 1:1, 2 Macc 6:1, 2 Macc 9:15

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