Watch List notes:

KINGS OF SOPHENE. Mithradates II Philopator, circa 89-after 85 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.06 g, 1 h), Arkathiokerta (?). Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II to left, wearing bashlyk tied with a diadem. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ / ΦΙΛO Club; all within wreath. Kovacs 36. Very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021, ex Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 510 and previously from an important collection of Armenian coins.