CNG 111, Lot: 489. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.42 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S in rectangular countermark on a Roman Republican denarius of Mark Antony, Legio II (Crawford 544/14). Howgego 839; Pangerl 100. Host Fine, c/m VF, toned, minor edge split.

From the Richard Baker Collection.