CNG 100, Lot: 274. Estimate $1500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis IV, with Valerian I and Gallienus. Circa AD 242/3-276/7. AV Triens (14mm, 2.50 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 560 (AD 263/4). BACIΛЄωC PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC, diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis right / Radiate and draped busts of two Roman emperors (likely Valerian and Gallienus) facing one another; pellet between, ΞΦ (date) below. Anokhin 709; MacDonald 619/3 (this coin cited and illustrated). EF, some porosity. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex G. Hirsch 190 (8 May 1996), lot 279.