353, Lot: 136. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.29 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left; ∆IO and pellet to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 141, dies D4/R2 = SNG Copenhagen 1093 (Thrace); AMNG I 2476. Good VF, usual die wear on the obverse with a slight die shift.

From Group SGF.