CNG 100, Lot: 272. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Ininthimeus, with Balbinus or Gordian III. AD 234/5-circa 238/9. BI Stater (18mm, 7.07 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 535 (AD 238/9). BACIΛЄωC ININΘIMHYOY, diademed and draped bust of Ininthimeus right / Laureate head of Roman emperor right; to right, club downward; ЄΛΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 233 and pl. LX, 25 (same dies as illustration); Anokhin 677 = MacDonald 596 (same obv. die as illustration). Good VF. Struck from a worn reverse die.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Kovacs VII (15 January 1987), lot 3, for a hammer of $375.