455, Lot: 225. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Cotys III, with Severus Alexander. AD 227/8-233/4. EL Stater (19mm, 7.63 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 525 (AD 228/9). Diademed and draped bust of Cotys right / Laureate head of Severus Alexander right; pellet to right, ЄKΦ (date) below. MacDonald 574/2; Anokhin 655a. Toned, faint hairline scratches and a few marks, light scrape on reverse. VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased in Summer 2006.