CNG 100, Lot: 269. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates III, with Severus Alexander. AD 229/30-231/2. Base EL Stater (18mm, 7.66 g, 2h). Dated Bosporan Era 527 (AD 230/1). BACIΛЄωC CAYPOMATOY, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander right; two pellets to right; ZKΦ (date) below. Frolova p. 228 and pl. LVIII, 6 = Anokhin 666a (same obv. die as illustration); MacDonald 586/2. Fine, scratch to right on the obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from CNG, March 1991.