CNG 111, Lot: 490. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.22 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S in rectangular countermark on a Roman Republican denarius of Mark Antony, Legio VI (Crawford 544/19). Howgego 839; Pangerl 100. Host Near Fine, c/m VF, toned, flan crack, banker’s mark.

From the Richard Baker Collection.