Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 960. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with Commodus. 174-211 AD. AV Stater (7.51 gm, 12h). Dated 487/6 of the Bosporan Era (190/1 AD). Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate and draped bust of Commodus right; globe before, Z/VPY (date) below. MacDonald 498/3; Anokhin 568b; Frolova p. 172, C/c 2 (same dies). VF. Interesting overdate. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.