Triton XXI, Lot: 696. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.42 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAE SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, garlanded and filleted altar decorated with stags standing vis-à-vis. RIC I 482; Sutherland Group VIγ (unlisted dies); RPC I 2215; RSC 33; BMCRE 694-5 = BMCRR East 262-3; BN 922-6. Good VF, toned, some scratches and marks under tone.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Künker 226 (11 March 2013), lot 728; New York Sale XXV (5 January 2011), lot 161.