Triton XVIII, Lot: 561. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20.5mm, 8.29 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis 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; ΘEM to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 141, dies D4/R1; AMNG I 2480, pl. XXI, 6 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 1091 (same dies); SNG Stockholm 839 (same obv. die); SNG Fabricius 308 (same obv. die). EF, typical minor die wear on obverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, June 1999.