436, Lot: 522. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (24.5mm, 11.56 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAE SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, garlanded and filleted altar decorated with stags standing vis-à-vis. RIC I 482; Sutherland Group VIγ, 358a (O119/R – [unlisted rev. die]); RPC I 2215; RSC 33; BMCRE 694-5 = BMCRR East 262-3; BN 922-6. Good VF, toned.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, May 2005, who purchased from Thomas Bentley Cederlind.