Triton XIX, Lot: 2052. Estimate $15000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates III. Circa 220-200 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.50 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amisos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent and necklace / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; to inner left, Σ above Π; K to inner right. Callataÿ, First, dies O2/R2, a and fig. 3 = Göbl, Antike 876 = SNG von Aulock 1 (this coin); HGC 7, 318; Alram 22 (this coin referenced). Good VF, a few minor marks, trace deposits. Extremely rare, one of two known staters for Mithridates III, the only one with these control marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sincona 10 (27 May 2013), lot 107; James & Sneja Velkov Collection (Vinchon, 24 November 1994), lot 51; Hans von Aulock Collection.