Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1382. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (11.22 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 41-42. Bare head left; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV (AV ligate) in left field / Distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding sceptre, being crowned by Fortuna, holding rudder. For coin: RIC I 120; RPC I 2221; RSC 3; for c/m: Howgego 840 and Pangerl 101. Fine, uneven countermark strike.