Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 223. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. AV Stater (8.20 gm). Istros mint. Struck during the First Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena seated left, holding Nike, left elbow resting on her shield, spear behind; DI monogram above knee, IS on throne, trident in exergue. De Callataÿ pg. 139 (D1/R1); AMNG I 482; SNG Copenhagen 1094. Good VF. Rare; only one die pair recorded for the mint of Istros in the name of Lysimachos. ($750)