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| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 21 | Auction date: 30 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 171 Price realized: 3,400 CHF (Approx. 4,332 USD / 3,719 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS OF PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.63 g, 12 h), year 207 of the Bithyno-Pontic era = 91/0 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - MIΘPAΔATOY / EYΠATOPOΣ Pegasus grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent (Pontic royal badge); to right, ZΣ (year) above monogram; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ p. 11, D37/R3. DCA 688. RG p. 16, 15. SNG Paris 796 (same obverse die). An attractive piece with an unusually individualistic portrait. Minor marks and with light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Leu 15, 1 June 2024, 79 and from the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 107, ex Berk Buy or Bid Sale 61, 20 February 1990, 154. This lot can be shipped to a US address. Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
