CNG 84, Lot: 563. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.73 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch and ethnic within ivy wreath; monogram above. MacDonald 172; Anokhin 204; SNG BM Black Sea 997. VF, lightly toned, light scratches on obverse. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.