Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 961. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with Septimius Severus. 174-211 AD. AV Stater (7.72 gm, 12h). Dated 492 of the Bosporan Era (195/6 AD). Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate head of Severus right; star before, date below. MacDonald 503/2; Anokhin 573a; Frolova p. 175, D/d 2 (same dies). Good VF. Attractive obverse and golden color. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.