371, Lot: 213. Estimate $250. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

de Callatay, Francois. L'Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques Vue par les Monnaies. (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997). xii, 480 pages, 5 maps, 54 plates. Green cloth, gilt. An expansive work looking at the coinages of Mithradates VI and the surrounding kingdoms, which includes die studies of a vast array of coinages including: gold staters, tetradrachms and drachms of Mithradates VI, tetradrachms of the Bithynian kings from 128-73 BC, posthumous Alexander tetradrachms from Messembria and Oddesos, posthumous Lysimachos tetradrachms from Byzantium, gold staters struck in the name of Lysimachos from Istros, Callatis, Tomis and Byzantium, tetradrachms from Alexandria Troas, late period cistophoric tetradrachms from Ephesos, Cappadocian drachms, and tetradrachms of Tigranes the Great. A very useful book and highly recommended. Very Fine condition.

From the library of an American dealer.