Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1275. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.05 gm). Ephesus mint. Struck 69-70 AD. Laureate head right / Titus and Domitian, veiled, standing facing, holding pateras; BY monogram between figures. RIC II -; cf. RPC II 827 (COS III); RSC -. EF. Scarce. ($750)

This reverse monogram is unpublished in conjunction with the COS II obverse legend. However, all of the other reverse types in this mint’s series are known combining the BY monogram and COS II obverse, so it was likely that this type also existed