Watch List notes:

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Amisos or Sinope mint. Struck circa 93/2 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYΠATOPOΣ, star above crescent within ivy wreath. Callataÿ p. 4, dies D1/R1, a = SNG von Aulock 5 = G. Kleiner, "Pontische Reichsmünzen" in IstMitt 6 (1955), pl. 1, 6 (this coin); HGC 6, 331 (this coin illustrated); SG 7246 (this coin referenced). Good VF, lightly toned, scrape on obverse, obverse double struck. Unique, and the first gold stater of Mithradates' reign.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Vinchon (25 November 1994), lot 53; Hans von Aulock Collection.