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Triton XVI, Lot: 410. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.53 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Byzantion 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; monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 142, dies D1/R– (unlisted rev. die); AMNG I –; SNG Copenhagen –; Vinchon, 26 October 1964, 5 (same obv. die). Near EF, a couple small marks on jaw. Extremely rare.