Third Known for Date

412, Lot: 196. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.78 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 5, year 218 BE (February 79 BC). Diademed head right / Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, HIΣ (year) above monogram; E (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ dies D14/R– (unlisted rev. die) = McClean 7389 (same obv. die); Callataÿ, Suppl., dies D14/R– (unlisted rev. die) = Gorny & Mosch 97, lot 330 = Vinchon 28 Apr. 97, lot 27 (same obv. die); RG 16; HGC 7, 338; DCA 692. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, the third known with this date, none in CoinArchives.