Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 859. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.13 gm). Ephesus? mint. Struck circa 41-42 AD. TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head left / COM ASI across field, cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding reverted spear, being crowned with wreath by female figure holding cornucopiae, within distyle temple set on four-tiered base; ROM ET AVG across entablature. RIC I 120; RPC I 2221; BMCRE 228; BN 305; RSC 3. Toned, good VF. ($2000)