Lot 4904

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

Description

Pontus and Bosporus, Kingdom of, Sauromates, (A.D. 172-211), electrum stater, (7.710 grams), struck year 493 = A.D. 196, obv. diademed and draped bust to right of Sauromates, around BACI**L*EWC CAYPOMATOY, rev. laureate head of Septimius Severus to right, star before, date below **G*qV (493), dotted border, (cf.S.5476; Frolova p.175, obv. C, rev c [these dies], cf.BMC 9). Very fine and rare.

Ex Christie's, London, 'The Property of a Gentleman' June 18, 1979 (lot 10, illustrated and realised œ400). Frolova in the comprehensive study of this series notes four examples from the same dies and fourteen known of this date.

Estimate
$1,250
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$1,400

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