Triton XV, Lot: 1194. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.35 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear diagonally in background; ΘEM to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 141, dies D4/R2; AMNG I 2480; SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 1091 (same obv. die); SNG Stockholm 839 (same obv. die); SNG Fabricius 308 (same obv. die). EF.