Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 858. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.47 gm). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 41-42 AD. TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head left / DIAN EPHE across field, cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple set on four-tiered base; pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RIC I 118; RPC I 2222; BMCRE 229; BN 299; RSC 30. Toned EF. [See color enlargement on plate 13] ($5000)

Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 1 (22-23 April 1983), lot 286.