KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Severus Alexander. AD 211/2-226/7. EL Stater (20mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 520 (AD 223/4). Good VF.Electronic Auction 563 Roman Provincial, Electrum Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Severus Alexander. AD 211/2-226/7. EL Stater (20mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 520 (AD 223/4). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Rhescuporis right; trident to right / Laureate head of Severus Alexander right; KΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 211, pl. XLIX, 8-9 (same rev. die as illustrations) & pl. XLIX, 10 (same obv. die as illustration; all as Rhescuporis III); MacDonald 563/1; Anokhin 640a var. (obv. symbol, same rev. die as illustration). Slight porosity. Good VF. |