281, Lot: 309. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.26 g, 7h). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Struck January-September AD 97. Laureate head right / COM-ASI, distyle temple set on four-tiered base; ROMA ET AVG across entablature; within, cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding spear, being crowned with wreath by female figure holding cornucopia. RIC II 122 var. (ROM ET AVG on entablature); RSC 14a. Good VF, lightly toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1569; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 1174.