342, Lot: 245. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (24.5mm, 8.29 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, KA on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 140, dies D3/R– (unlisted rev. die); AMNG I 263. VF, area of weak strike, obverse off center. Very rare issue.
From Group SGF.