CNG 100, Lot: 1832. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.85 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / Six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. RIC I 494; Sutherland Group Vβ, – (unlisted dies); RPC 2214; RSC 32b. Good VF, darkly toned, a few marks under tone. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 342 (14 January 2015), lot 515.