348, Lot: 257. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.27 g, 1h). 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/R1; AMNG I 263. VF, usual light die rust, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare issue.

From Group SGF.