Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 856. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.93 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 24-20 BC. Bare head right; lituus at base of head / Garlanded and filleted altar decorated with stags standing vis-à-vis.. RIC I 482; Sutherland Group VI, 436 (O170/R89); RPC I 2215; BMCRE 694; RSC 33. VF, toned, minor scratches on reverse. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.