Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1432. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Æ 24mm (13.28 gm). Struck Circa 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / ZMURNAIWN right, ERMOGENHS FRIXOS left, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG Copenhagen 1206; BMC Ionia pg. 247, 118. Good VF, dark brown patina. Rare, with a superb portrait of Mithradates. ($750)