Triton XIX, Lot: 2050. Estimate $7500. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPOROS. Asander. As king, circa 43-16 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Dated RY 23 (25/4 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΣANΔPOY, Nike, holding wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left, standing left on prow left; ΓK (date) to inner left. Frolova & Ireland § 6, 47 (O18/R27 – this coin); Natwoka 22a (same dies); Anokhin 1337 (same dies as illustration); MacDonald 212 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 1859; HGC 7, 201; DCA 447. Near EF, toned, slight die wear, light scuff and die shift on obverse, minor area of flat strike on reverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, July 1988. Ex Sternberg XX (20 April 1988), lot 529.