Kings of Sophene (Western Armenia), Mithradates I Æ 15mm. Circa 150-120 BC. Head to left, wearing bashlyk, tied with diadem / Herakles standing to left, resting on club set on ground and holding lion skin; [ΒΑ]CΙΛ[ЄΩC] to right, MΙΘP-AΔATOY to left. Unpublished; Roma e82, lot 485; Leu 3, 115 (hammer: 2,400 CHF). 2.03g, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the third known example of the type.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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