CNG 100, Lot: 268. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Divus Rhescuporis II, with Severus Alexander. AD 227/8-233/4. EL Stater (18mm, 7.69 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 525 (AD 228/9). BACIΛЄΩC PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC, diademed and draped bust of Divus Rhescuporis right; ΘЄ (for θεος) to right / Laureate head of Roman emperor (possibly Severus Alexander) right; pellet to right; ЄKΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 214 and pl. L, 15 (same dies as illustration; as Rhescuporis III); Anokhin 644 (same obv. die as illustration); MacDonald 583 (this coin cited and illustrated). VF. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from CNG, March 1991.