CNG 90, Lot: 1519. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 9.94 g, 6h). Ephesus mint (or Rome for circulation in Asia). Struck AD 95. Laureate head right / Bundle of six stalks of grain. RIC II 852; RPC 874; RSC 22a. Good Fine, toned.

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.