CNG 112, Lot: 222. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2003. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.25 g, 11h). 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; ΘEO to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. De Luca dies D7/R17; Callataÿ p. 142, dies D7/R2; AMNG I 2481; HGC 3, 1931; SNG Fitzwilliam 1599 (same dies). Typical die wear on obverse. Near EF.