KINGS OF PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. Stater (Gold, 20 mm, 8.31 g, 12 h), First Mithradatic War issue, in the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis, circa 88-86. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, with horn of Ammon over his ear; to left, pellet.
Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield; behind, transverse spear; in inner left field, monogram; below throne, TO; in exergue, ornate trident to left. AMNG 2483. De Callataÿ p. 141, D3/R- (unlisted monogram and reverse die). Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 341 (2014), 173 (
same dies). A very rare variety. Lustrous and fresh, with a very sharp reverse. The obverse struck from a worn die with some die rust
, otherwise, good extremely fine.
From the collection of the German Art Historian Dr. Tjark Hausmann, formed between 1992 and 2003.