ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 12.08 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck circa 25-20 BC. IMP • CAE-SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, garlanded and filleted altar decorated with stags standing vis-à-vis. Sutherland Group VIγ, 366 (O123/R22, this coin illustrated); RPC I 2215 (Cistophoric Mint); RSC 33. Deeply toned, minor porosity, die flaws, a few light scratches. Near EF.
Ex Neal Archer Collection (Noble Numismatics 122, 19 November 2019), lot 3193; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 513; A. Hess 207 (1 December 1931), lot 918.
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