Triton XVI, Lot: 411. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (21mm, 8.37 g, 11h). 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; KΦ monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 142, dies D2/R1; AMNG I –; SNG Copenhagen –; G. Hirsch 45, lot 1562 = G. Hirsch 37, lot 75 (same dies). EF, traces of luster. Well centered. Very rare Byzantion issue for Mithradates, and only one example with this monogram listed by Callataÿ.