CNG 100, Lot: 256. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with Commodus. Circa AD 174/5-210/1. EL Stater (19mm, 7.56 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 489 (AD 192/3). BACIΛЄωC CAVPOMATOV, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate and draped bust of Roman emperor (possibly Commodus) right; pellet to right; ΘΠV (date) below. Frolova p. 173 and pl. XXX, 37 (same dies as illustration) = Anokhin 570в; RPC IV online –; MacDonald 500/4. Good VF, a few light flan flaws, minor porosity.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex CNG Inventory 156273 (January 2005).