ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.95 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. Choice EF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 441. Estimated: $ 5 000

Roman Provincial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 7 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.95 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / Six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. Sutherland Group VIβ, – (unlisted dies); RPC I 2214 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 32b. Lightly toned, minor die shift on obverse. Choice EF. Struck on a broad flan.

Ex Father & Son Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021), lot 968; Roma XVIII (29 September 2019), lot 749; Classical Numismatic Review XLIV.1 (Winter 2019), no. 497711; Numismatica Ars Classica 106 (9 May 2018), lot 539; ArtCoins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), lot 459; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 1 (22 April 1983), lot 262.


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