450, Lot: 86. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1305. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20.5mm, 8.36 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; ΘEM to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. De Luca dies D3/R13; Callataÿ p. 141, dies D4/R2; HGC 7, 1931. Underlying luster, typical die wear, a couple light scratches on reverse. EF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 714245 (July 1999).