CNG 99, Lot: 158. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.39 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; ΓC(?) to inner left, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Unpublished. EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare.

Although this particular issue is unpublished, the style and fabric of the flan are identical to the issues struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Moreover, the style of the obverse portrait is nearly identical with Callataÿ’s obverse die D3.