419, Lot: 152. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.19 g, 1h). 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; ΘЄM to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 142, dies D4/R2; AMNG I 2480. In NGC encapsulation, 3987993-004, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.