Extremely Rare COS III Cistophorus

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 916. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Cistophorus (10.51 g, 7h). Uncertain Asia Minor (or Rome) mint. Struck AD 98. IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM P M TR POT P P, laureate head right / COS IIII, Temple of Diana of Perga: distyle temple set on two-tiered base; within, cult statue of Diana of Perga; DIANA PERG across entablature. RIC II -; RSC 53b; BMCRE -; BN -. Good VF, underlying luster, lightly toned. Extremely rare with COS IIII.

From the Lamar Payne Collection.