CNG 111, Lot: 183. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.74 g, 1h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 2, 208 BE (November 90 BC). Diademed head right / Pegasos grazing left; star-in-crescent to left; to right, HΣ (year) above monogram; B (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 11, dies D41/R4; HGC 7, 338; DCA 688; SNG Ashmolean 200 (same obv. die); SNG BN 797 (same dies). VF, toned, a couple minor marks on obverse. Well centered.