406, Lot: 690. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.02 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 41-42. Bare head left / COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding scepter, being crowned by Fortuna, holding cornucopia; ROM • ET AVG on entablature. RIC I 120 (Pergamum); RPC I 2221; RSC 3. VF, toned. Attractive portrait.

From the George Bernert Collection.