CNG 111, Lot: 492. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.48 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) (VE)S in rectangular countermark on a denarius of Augustus (RIC I 120). Howgego 839; Pangerl 100. Host Near VF, c/m Good VF. A well struck countermark.

From the Richard Baker Collection.