Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1529. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.40 gm, 6h). Ephesus(?) mint. Struck circa 41-42 AD. Bare head left / Cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding 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. VF, toned, a few tiny flan flaws. ($750)