Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1300. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia). 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Chalkous (7.96 g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. RPC 2600; SNG Copenhagen 362. VF, black-green patina with areas of olive and lighter green. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 194 (19 February 1997), lot 412.