265, Lot: 266. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “As” (25mm, 10.82 g, 12h). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS within laurel wreath framed by pelleted border. RPC I 2235; Howgego, Coinage, Class 2c; RIC I 486 (Ephesus?). Good VF, black-green patina with traces of olive overtones.

Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 81, 20 May 2009), lot 801.