339, Lot: 111. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.29 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left; star above arm, ΘΕΜ to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 141, dies D4/R1; AMNG I 2480; SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 1091 (same dies). Good VF.

From the Chiltern Collection.