271, Lot: 268. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.28 g, 11h). First Mithradatic War issue. Kallatis mint. Struck in the name of Lysimachos of Thrace, circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left; Cω to inner left, KAΛ on throne, ornamented trident in exergue. Callataÿ p. 140 (D6/R2); AMNG I 260. In NGC encapsulation graded XF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 3/5.