342, Lot: 244. 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 (20mm, 8.28 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Kallatis 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, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 140, dies D3/R1; AMNG I 265. Near EF, underlying luster, usual die rust on obverse.