Watch List notes:

KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces, with Hadrian. AD 131/2-153/4. AV Stater (19mm, 7.78 g, 2h). Dated Bosporan Era 430 (AD 133/4). BACIΛЄωC POImHTAΛKOY, diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces right / Laureate head of Hadrian right, with pellet at truncation of neck; ΛY (date) below. Frolova p. 144 and pl. XIX, 15-6 (same dies as illustrations); Anokhin 504б; MacDonald 439/4 (this coin cited and illustrated). VF, a few edge cracks and light file marks.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex V. Adda Collection (Christie's, 9 October 1984), lot 250, for a hammer of £250.