Triton XIX, Lot: 144. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.69 g, 11h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 9, year 223 BE (June 75/4 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram; to right, ΓKΣ (date) above monogram; Θ in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 20, unlisted dies; HGC 7, 340; DCA 692; Pozzi 2100; Weber 4789. Superb EF, lightly toned.