434, Lot: 214. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.70 g, 12h). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S (AV)G in rectangular countermark on a cistophorus of Mark Antony & Octavia from the Ephesus mint (CRI 262). Howgego 840; Pangerl 101. Host Near Fine, c/m VF, scratches, banker’s mark, a few deposits.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 1996.