224, Lot: 173. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.68 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Mesambria mint. Struck circa 120-105 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Corinthian helmet right above ΔA; monogram below throne. Callataÿ Group 2 (D23/ - [unlisted rev. die]); Price 1054d (same obv. die as coin illustrated); Karayotov - (O57/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Topalov, Messambria 18. VF.