CNG 90, Lot: 597. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 85-75 BC. Æ (23mm, 14.33 g, 11h). Mithradatic Wars issue. Hermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦPIΞOΣ in two lines to left. Milne, Autonomous 340; Callataÿ pl. LI, Q; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 1206. Near EF, green-brown patina.