Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1036. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOSPOROS, Kings of. Sauromates II with Septimius Severus and Caracalla. 172-211 AD. AV Stater (7.92 gm). Year 495 (198/199 AD). Diademed and draped bust right / Bare head right of Septimius vis à vis laureate and draped bust left of Caracalla; crescent between. Frolova pg. 177-178, pl. 33, 23 (same dies); Anokin 577b. VF, some encrustation and light scratches. ($400)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.