CNG 84, Lot: 587. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPOROS. Sauromates I. AD 93/4-123/4. Æ 48 Units (27mm, 12.39 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / City gate flanked by towers; to left, captive kneeling left under tree; MH (mark of value) in exergue. MacDonald 400/1; Frolova II pl. VIII, 3-6; BMC 17. Near VF, dark green patina with patches of red-brown, a hint of tooling and smoothing.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.