CNG 106, Lot: 699. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26.5mm, 11.44 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, head left, bearing cornucopia on back; all within laurel wreath. RIC I 480; Sutherland Group VIα (unlisted dies); RPC I 2213; RSC 16. Good VF, dark toning, surfaces a little rough.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, January 1997.