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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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PONTIC KINGDOM. Time of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.30 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Types of Lysimachus of Thrace. Callatis or Chalcedon, ca. 88-86 B.C. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right wearing diadem and horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, HP below arm, KAΛ on throne, trident in exergue. AMNG I 2480. An uncommonly handsome example of this Mithradatic Wars type, crisply struck from fresh dies and lustrous.
Estimate: 1800-2400 USD
PONTIC KINGDOM. Time of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.30 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Types of Lysimachus of Thrace. Callatis or Chalcedon, ca. 88-86 B.C. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right wearing diadem and horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, HP below arm, KAΛ on throne, trident in exergue. AMNG I 2480. An uncommonly handsome example of this Mithradatic Wars type, crisply struck from fresh dies and lustrous.
Estimate: 1800-2400 USD