272, Lot: 121. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 8.20 g, 12h). Istros mint. Struck in the name of Lysimachos of Thrace, circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right / Athena Nikephoros seated left; ΔI to inner left, IΣ on throne, ornamented trident in exergue. Callataÿ p. 139 (D1/R1); AMNG I 482; SNG Copenhagen 1094 (same dies). EF, slight obverse die shift.