Lot 53
Lot 30053 > PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.29 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 4/5 - 5/5. 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, wearing horn of Ammon; pellet behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, left elbow resting on shield, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, transverse spear beyond; ΔΙO above pellet to inner left, TO below throne, filleted trident left in exergue. Müller 277. SNG Copenhagen 1093. De Callatay 141-2. Note - the pellets on both sides are not noted in the references and there are examples with and without pellets on either side.
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