148, Lot: 269. Estimate $150. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ 36mm (22.05 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Cult statue of Diana of Ephesus, sun and moon on either side within ornate octostyle temple set on three-tiered base. BMC Ionia pg. 77, 227; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Fine, black patina, surfaces a little rough.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group E80, lot 54.