212, Lot: 179. Estimate $100. Sold for $363. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Messalina. Augusta, AD 41-48. Æ 21mm (5.46 g, 12h). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and statue of Artemis. Cf. RPC I 2632 (obv. and rev. legends); RPC Suppl. -. Near VF, black patina, rough surfaces. Possibly an unrecorded variety.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.