CNG 102, Lot: 869. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.31 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD CAES • AVG, bare head left / COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding scepter, being crowned by Fortuna, holding cornucopia; ROM • ET AVG on entablature. RIC I 120 (Pergamum); RPC I 2221; RSC 3; BMCRE 228; BN 304-6 (same). Near EF, toned, some marks under tone.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1529.