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31 March 2018
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Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  220 CHF
Lot 32

KINGS OF SOPHENE. Mithradates II Philopator, ca. 89 - after 85 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.21 g, 6 h), Arkathiokerta (?). Diademed head of Mithradates to left, wearing bashlyk. Rev. BAΣI MIΘ around club; MIΘ countermark on the right field. ACV -. CSC -. Kovacs 35 this obverse die. for c/m Kovacs 22. Dark green-brown patina; extremely rare type and apparently unpublished prior to Kovacs in 2016; interesting variation in the inscription with the use of the Σ instead of C. Very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 15:16:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 13:31:12 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:220 CHF by augustus (4 bids)
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