CNG 84, Lot: 555. Estimate $150. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.84 g, 12h). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag grazing right; monogram above. MacDonald 169/1; Anokhin 199 var. (monogram to right); SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.