KINGS of PONTOS. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AV Stater (21.5mm, 8.39 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Dated month 13, year 223 BE (October 74 BC). Diademed head right / Stag grazing left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY/EYΠATOPOΣ in two lines below; to left, star-in-crescent above ΓKΣ (year); two monograms to right, IΓ (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Callataÿ Supp. fig. 1 and dies O12/R1; cf. HGC 7, 335 (unlisted date); cf. DCA 691 (unlisted date); CNG 96, lot 372 (same dies); New York Sale IX, lot 84 (same dies). Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare date, one of only three known.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 393; Roma VII (22 March 2014), lot 758.