205, Lot: 142. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTOS, Amisos. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ 27mm (18.40 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa; monograms flanking, body of Medusa at feet. SNG BM Black Sea 1169-72; SNG Stancomb 683-6 var. (controls). VF, brown patina, a little rough.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.