Ancients
PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.79 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Dated Pontic Era 204 (94/3 BC). Diademed head of Mithradates right, long hair arranged with three loose curls down cheek and neck / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, Pegasus standing on ground line to left, foreleg raised and head lowered preparing to drink, star within crescent to left, ΔΣ (date) and monogram to right, BI below; all within ivy wreath. HGC 7, 338. De Callataÿ pg. 10 var. (IB not BI). Rare, only two other examples in Coin Archives. One was previously sold by Heritage and one was sold by Gorny & Mosch (this coin).
Ex Gorny & Mosch auction 147 (7 March 2006), lot 1433.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD