Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 405. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOSPOROS, Gorgippia. Circa late 2nd-early 1st century BC. Æ 17mm (6.31 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Thyrsos leaning on tripod; monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 986; SNG Stancomb 618; Anokhin 211; De Callataÿ pl. 49, T; SNG Copenhagen 1. Good VF, attractive green patina. ($150)

Struck during the early reign of Mithradates VI of Pontos, probably during or shortly after the second expedition of Diophantes.