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Ancient Greek Coinage
Enlargement
1837
Bosporan Kingdom. Sauromates I, Electrum Stater (7.75 g)
.
Struck under Hadrian, year 416 (AD 119/20).
BACI
Λ
E
ω
C CAYPOMATOY,
diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I right.
Reverse:
Laureate head of Hadrian right; below, date (
ς
IY). McDonald 390/1; Anokhin 409.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $1,800 - 2,000
1838
Bosporos Kingdom. Sauromates II, Electrum Stater
(7.73 g)
.
Struck under Elagabalus, BE 492 (AD 195/6).
BAC-
I
Λ
E
ω
C CAYPOMATOV, diademed and draped bust of Sauro-
mates II right.
Reverse:
Laureate head of Septimius Severus
right; in right field, six-pointed star; below, date (BqV). McDon-
ald 503/2; Anokhin 573a.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $800 - 900
1839
Bosporos Kingdom. Rhescuporis III AD 210-228. Elec-
trum Stater (7.41 g)
.
Struck AD 219 under Elagabalus.
Rhes-
cuporis III diademed, in front, sword in sheath.
Reverse:
Elagabalus laureate to right, date below
ζΙΦ
(year 15). SNG
Cop. Vol. 4 #72; Frolova pl. XLVII, #8. ICG graded EF-40.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimated Value .................................................$900 - 1,100
1840
Bosporan Kingdom. Rhescuporis II (III), Electrum
Stater (7.66 g)
.
Struck under Elagabalus, BE 522 (AD 225/6)
.
BACI
Λ
E
ω
C PHCKOV
Π
OPI
Δ
OC, diademed and draped bust of
Rhescuporis II (III) right; in right field, trident.
Reverse:
Laure-
ate and draped of Elagabalus right; below, date (BK
Φ
). McDon-
ald 565/1; Anokhin 642a.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $600 - 700
1841
Bosporos Kingdom. Rhescuporis III AD 210-228. Elec-
trum Stater (7.72)
.
Struck AD 225/6. under Severus Alexan-
der.
Diademed and draped bust of Rheskuporis III right.
Reverse:
Laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander right;
before, star; below, date. MacDonald 565/4; Anokhin 642b;
Shelov 560. The first four letters of the obverse legend crudely
re-engraved.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $300 - 400
1842
Paphlagonia, Sinope. Silver Drachm (5.89 g), ca. 330-
300 BC
. Ikesio…, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair bound in
sakkos; in left field, aphlaston.
Reverse:
ΣΙΝΩ
, sea-eagle left on
back of dolphin left; below eagle, magistrate' s name: IK[E
Σ
IO].
RG 31; cf. SNG BM 1487 (no aphlaston); HGC 7, 391. Traces of
luster present.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
1843
Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI, Eupator, the "Great",
120- 63 BC. Gold Stater (8.29 g)
.
Mint of Tomis, struck
during the first Mithradatic War, ca. 88-86 BC
In the name and
types of Lysimachos.Head of the deified Alexander the Great
facing right, diademed, with horn of Ammon. Rev. (blundered
legend), Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Victory and
resting on a shield at her side, monogram on left, TO on throne,
trident left in exergue (Callataÿ p.141, pl.XXXVII (D3/R1a)).
Light double-striking on the obverse.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value .................................................$900 - 1,100