PONTIC KINGDOM. Mithradates VI (120-63 BC). AV stater (21mm, 8.33 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 5/5. Types of Lysimachus of Thrace, Callatis or Chalcedon, ca. 88-86 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY, Athena enthroned left, Nike crowning royal name in right hand, left arm leaning on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss; HPΔ monogram below arm, KAΛ on throne, filleted trident left in exergue. Müller 264. Well struck from dies of better workmanship and die state than usually encountered for the type.
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