ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.95 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right, head left, bearing cornucopia on its back; all within laurel wreath. Sutherland Group IV 124 var. (O5/R– [unrecorded rev. die]); RPC I 2213 (Cistophoric mint); RIC I 480; RSC 16. Lightly toned, a few minor marks. EF. A wonderful portrait.
Ex Father & Son Collection. Ex Nomos 19 (17 November 2019), lot 248 (hammer CHF 15,000).
