318, Lot: 169. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.27 g, 5h). 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 / Athena Nikephoros seated left; monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 142, dies D4/R4 corr. (monogram); AMNG –; SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF. Very rare.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Noble 79 (28 July 2005), lot 3331.