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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1044. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II. 174-211 AD. Æ Double Denarius (10.81 gm). Struck circa 180-196 AD. Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Aphrodite seated left, holding apple and sceptre; * (denomination mark) in field, c/m's: laureate head of Septimius Severus right and B. MacDonald 543/2; Anokhin 616; SNG Stancomb -; for c/m's: Howgego 63 and 757. VF, jade green patina. ($300)

This coin was originally a denarius, re-tariffed as a double by the "B" countermark.