CNG 105, Lot: 821. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.33 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa AD 41-42. Bare head left / DIAN EPHE across field, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RIC I 118 corr. (obv. type); RPC I 2222; RSC 30. VF, lighly toned, a few minor cleaning scratches in field.