Triton XVIII, Lot: 564. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.67 g, 11h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 3, year 224 BE (December 74 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above BKΣ (year); two monograms to right, Γ (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ dies D62/R5; RG 16; HGC 7, 338; DCA 692; SNG Copenhagen 236; SNG Delepierre 2476; Dewing 2122. Good VF, toned, a few minor marks.

From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Waddell 103 (ND [March 2006]), lot 19; Waddell 79 (10 December 2003), lot 40.