Rare Ephesus Issue

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 976. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. 49 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. Bare-headed and bearded head of Jupiter right / Cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis facing. Crawford 445/3b; CRI 6; Sydenham 1031; RSC 66. VF, toned, banker’s mark below portrait, a few scratches on obverse beneath tone. Very rare.