CNG 111, Lot: 488. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.50 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S retrograde in rectangular countermark on a Roman Republican denarius of M. Volteius (Crawford 385/5). Howgego 839 var. (legend); Pangerl 100 var. (same). Host Fine, c/m VF, toned, a few scratches. Very rare undertype.

From the Richard Baker Collection.