301, Lot: 45. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.13 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Byzantion mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear diagonally in background; monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Unpublished. Good VF, obverse die rust.

Although unpublished, the obverse style is extremely similar to Callataÿ’s obverse dies D4-7.