Octavian’s First Cistophorus Type
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus (as Octavian). 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.96 g, 1h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck 28 BC. IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • COS • VI • LIBERTATIS • P • R • VINDEX, laureate head right / PAX, Pax standing left, holding caduceus in right hand; to right, serpent arising from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group I, 1-72 (both dies unlisted); RPC I 2203 (Cistophoric mint); RIC I 476; RSC 218. Deep cabinet tone, a few minor marks under tone, die flaw on obverse. Good VF.
Ex Peter Corcoran Collection (Roma XVII, 28 March 2019), lot 628.
