Rare “Tosp” Issue

278, Lot: 128. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARMENIA, “Tosp”. Mithridates. 1st-2nd centuries AD. Æ (26mm, 6.81 g, 12h). Diademed Parthian-style head left within wreath / "Mithradates King of Tosp" within wreath. E. Khurshudian, “A Coin of Mitridat, King of Tosp,” ONS Newsletter 157 (1998), p. 8. Good VF, green patina. Good for this rare type.