417, Lot: 359. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Trapezus. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ (31mm, 18.74 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mithras on horseback right. RG 56 var. (tree, altar and column surmounted by raven on reverse). VF, dark green and brown patina, scrape across Philip’s head, a bit of reverse roughness. Rare.