Ancients
PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.27 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Late posthumous issue of Tomis, in the name and type of Lysimachus of Thrace, ca. 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, left elbow resting on shield, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, transverse spear beyond; ΔΙO to inner left, TO below throne, filleted trident left in exergue. Müller 277. SNG Copenhagen 1093. De Callatay 141-2. HGC 3, 1931. Exceptionally nice for type with unusually attractive reverse.
Ex Heritage Auctions Europe MPO, Auction 66 (16 November 2020), lot 4117
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD