396, Lot: 209. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.20 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, left arm resting on shield, spear diagonally in background; monogram to inner left, TO on throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ p. 142, dies D7/R– (unlisted rev. die); AMNG I 2485. Near VF, slightly wavy. Very rare issue.