272, Lot: 120. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PONTOS, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC. Æ (21mm, 8.82 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; monograms flanking. SNG BM Black Sea 1199-1208 var. (monograms); SNG Stancomb 699. Near EF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits. Attractive.