98, Lot: 29. Estimate $500. Sold for $695. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.37 gm). Tomis mint. Struck during the First Mithradatic War, 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena seated left, holding Nike, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; QEM to inner left, TO on throne, trident in exergue. De Callataÿ pg. 141 (D4/R2); SNG Copenhagen 1091 (Thrace) (same obverse die). EF, light die rust on obverse.