ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (26.5mm, 11.02 g, 6h). Ephesus mint(?). Struck AD 41-42. Bare head left / COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Augustus leaning left, holding spear, being crowned by Tyche(?), holding wreath and cornucopia; ROM • ET AVG on entablature. RPC I 2221 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 3. Lightly toned, light porosity, scratches. VF.
From the Collection of a Gentleman. Ex Spink 223 (26 March 2014), lot 1131.
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