KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.37 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; HP monogram to inner left, KAΛ on throne; in exergue, ornate trident left. Callataÿ p. 140, dies D4/R2; HGC 3, 1824. Underlying luster. In NGC encapsulation 4682679-002, graded Ch MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 111 (29 May 2019), lot 184 (hammer $2750, but not paid); Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 79.