CNG 88, Lot: 828. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with Septimius Severus. Circa AD 174/5-210/1. Æ 2 Denarii (26mm, 9.92 g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Sauromates on horseback right, raising hand and holding scepter; star to left; to lower right, laureate head of Septimius Severus right; B (mark of value) in exergue. MacDonald 546 var. (placement of value); Anokhin 621 var. (same); cf. BMC 17-8. Near EF, olive patina. Choice for issue.

From Group CEM.