Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1530. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $765. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.34 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, light graffito in obverse field. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.