Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 801. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “As” (10.82 g, 12h). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS within laurel wreath framed by pelleted border. RPC 2235; Howgego, Coinage, Class 2c; RIC I 486 (Ephesus?). Good VF, black-green patina with traces of olive overtones.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.