Watch List notes:

KINGS of BOSPOROS. Asander. As king, circa 43-16 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.19 g, 12h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated RY 8 (40/39 BC). Diademed head right; Φ behind neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΣANΔPOY, Nike, holding wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left, standing left on prow left; Π to inner left, H (date) in exergue. Frolova & Ireland –; Natwoka –; Anokhin 1323 (same dies as illustration); MacDonald 198 (same dies as illustration); RPC I –; HGC 7, 201; DCA 447; Adams III 2048 (same dies). Underlying luster, minor double strike. Good VF. Extremely rare, only the Adams coin published.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, January 2004 (inventory no. G1850).