223, Lot: 429. Estimate $500. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.61 g, 6h). Rome or Ephesus mint. Struck circa AD 82. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and scepter. RIC II 848 (Domitian); RPC II 871; RSC 15. Good Fine.

While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.