282, Lot: 257. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 10.74 g, 7h). Ephesus or Rome mint. Struck AD 82. Laureate head right / Temple of Capitoline Jupiter. RIC II 841; RPC II 864; RSC 23. Near VF, minor porosity.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.