CNG 100, Lot: 270. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates III, with Severus Alexander. AD 229/30-231/2. Base EL Stater (19mm, 7.26 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 527 (AD 230/1). BACIΛЄωC CAYPOMATOY, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right; wreath to right / Laureate head of Severus Alexander right; two pellets to right; ZKΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 229 and pl. LVIII, 23 = Anokhin 666б (same obv. die as illustration); MacDonald 586/4 (this coin cited and illustrated). VF, toned, some minor flan flaws.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 944, for a hammer of $330.