CNG 84, Lot: 604. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.24 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right; pellet behind / Athena Nikephoros seated left; ΘEM to inner left, TO below throne, ornamented trident in exergue. Callataÿ p. 141-2 (D4/R1); AMNG I 2480; SNG Copenhagen 1091 (same obv. die). Good VF, typical die wear on obverse.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

This obverse die, D4, was used on multiple issues with different control marks, but the pellet was apparently added for this particular issue.