431, Lot: 183. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.25 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; ΘEM to inner left, TO on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. De Luca dies D3/R12; Callataÿ p. 142, dies D4/R1; HGC 3.1, 1931. Near EF, underlying luster, usual die wear on obverse.