CNG 100, Lot: 263. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Severus Alexander. AD 211/2-226/7. EL Stater (20mm, 7.72 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 520 (AD 223/4). BACIΛЄωC PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Rhescuporis right; trident to right / Laureate head of Severus Alexander right; KΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 211 and pl. XLIX, 8-9 (same rev. die as illustrations) & pl. XLIX, 10 (same obv. die as illustration; all as Rhescuporis III); Anokhin 640a (same rev. die as illustration); MacDonald 563/1 (this coin cited and illustrated). Good VF, lightly toned, with underlying luster. Fine style.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex CNG Inventory 156352 (January 2005).