CNG 84, Lot: 562. Estimate $500. Sold for $655. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.38 g, 1h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch and ethnic within ivy wreath; monogram above. MacDonald 172; Anokhin 204; SNG BM Black Sea 997. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Well centered and struck. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.