350, Lot: 197. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTOS, Amisos. Circa 100-85 BC. Æ (20mm, 10.05 g, 1h). Struck under Mithradates VI. Helmeted head of Ares(?) right / Sword in sheath; star-in-crescent and IB across upper fields, monogram and Φ across lower fields. Malloy 31h var. (IB not noted); HGC 7, 241. VF, glossy dark brown patina.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXII.2 (Spring-Summer 1997), no. SP2009 (part of).