412, Lot: 487. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.27 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa AD 41-42. Bare head left / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple set on four-tiered base; pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RIC I 118; RPC I 2222; RSC 30. VF, toned.
From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1528.