233, Lot: 203. Estimate $75. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPOROS. Sauromates II. Circa AD 174/5-210/1. Æ 2 Denarii (25mm, 12.18 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 196-210. Diademed and draped bust right / Aphrodite seated left, holding apple and spear; to left, head of Septimius Severus right; [B]-* (mark of value) across field. MacDonald 547; Anokhin 623; BMC 20. VF, dark green and brown patina, some tooling and smoothing on reverse.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.