Triton VIII, Lot: 354. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI. 
120-63 BC. AV Stater (8.35 gm, 12h). Pergamon 
mint. Dated Pergamene Era year 2 (88/7 BC). 
Estimate $7500 Sold For $10000 

KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. AV 
Stater (8.35 gm, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated 
Pergamene Era year 2 (88/7 BC). Diademed head 
right, hair tousled and flowing freely / BASILEWS 
MIQRADATOU EUPATOROS, stag grazing left; pellet 
below, star and crescent to left, B (date) and 
monogram to right; all within Dionysiac wreath of 
ivy and fruit. De Callata˙ pg. 5 (D7/R2 - this 
coin listed as specimen e); RG pg. 13; BMC Pontus 
pg. 43, 1 var. (year 4); SNG Copenhagen 233 var. 
(year 213 of the Pontic Era); SNG von Aulock 6676 
(same obverse die); Kraay & Hirmer 774 (same 
dies). EF. Very rare. ($7500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex George & 
Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic 
Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 75; Leu 45 (26 May 
1988); lot 192.

See lot 353 for more information on the coinage of 
Mithradates VI.

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