Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Lot 4546 Session 16 (9:30am Friday) Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $760
KINGS OF THE BOSPHOROS, Sauromates, with Septimius Severus, electrum stater, (A.D. 172-211), (7.71 g), 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.
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