73, Lot: 17. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.23 gm). Istros mint. Struck during the First Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon / Athena seated left, holding Nike, left elbow resting on her shield, spear behind;
DI above knee,
IS on throne, trident in exergue. De Callataÿ pg. 139 (D1/R1); SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 1094. Good VF.