434, Lot: 216. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Cistophorus (26.5mm, 11.12 g, 1h). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S (AV)G in rectangular countermark on a cistophorus of Augustus from the Ephesus mint (RIC I 482). Howgego 840; Pangerl 101. Host Fine, c/m VF, lightly toned.

From the Richard Baker Collection.