342, Lot: 249. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. 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 (19mm, 8.24 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; Cω to inner left, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 140, dies D6/R2; AMNG I 260. VF, usual die wear on obverse, reverse a little off center.
From Group SGF.