434, Lot: 217. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Ephesus. AR Cistophorus (25.5mm, 10.44 g, 6h). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S (AV)G in rectangular countermark on a cistophorus of Claudius, with Agrippina Junior from the Ephesus mint (RIC I 119). Howgego 840; Pangerl 101. Host Near, c/m VF, toned. Rare undertype.
From the Richard Baker Collection. Ex Kovacs XIV (16 October 1998), lot 162. Reportedly ex Edward Sydenham Collection.