224, Lot: 174. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.38 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Mesambria mint. Struck circa 120-105 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Corinthian helmet right above ΔA; monogram below throne. Callataÿ Group 2 (D14/ - [unlisted rev. die]); Price 1060 (same obv. die as coin illustrated); Karayotov 536-8 (O65/R219); Topalov,
Messambria 18. Good VF.