CNG 84, Lot: 583. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPOROS. Kotys I. AD 45/6-68/9. AV Stater (19mm, 7.93 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 355 (AD 58/9). Laureate head of Divus Claudius right / Laureate and draped bust of Nero right; monogram of Kotys and pellet behind, ENT (date) below. Frolova I -; MacDonald 322; Anokhin 340; RPC I 1920. Good VF, minor die wear. Very rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.