446, Lot: 72. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.23 g, 12h). First Mithradatic War issue. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Kallatis mint. Struck circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left; Cω to inner left, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 140, dies D6/R1; AMNG I 260. In NGC encapsulation, 2400955-008, graded XF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 3/5.