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                                156273. KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with 
                                Commodus. 174-211 AD. AV Stater (19mm, 7.56 gm, 
                                12h). Dated BE 489 (192/3 AD). Sold For $975 

                              KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates II, with Commodus. 
                              174-211 AD. AV Stater (19mm, 7.56 gm, 12h). Dated 
                              BE 489 (192/3 AD). BACILEWC CAVPOMATOV, diademed 
                              and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate and 
                              draped bust of Commodus right; globe to right, 
                              date below. MacDonald 500/4; Anokhin 570 var (no 
                              globe); Frolova pg. 173 A/a. Good VF, small flan 
                              flaws. 
                              Struck in the year of imperial transition and 
                              civil war at Rome, this Bosporan stater of 
                              Sauromates bears an imperial portrait not 
                              recognizable as Commodus, either Pertinax or 
                              Didius Julianus, or possibly Septimius Severus, 
                              all of whom ruled at some point during the year BE 
                              489.





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