LOT 3168
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.(11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).
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LOT 3168
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia.
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Novius Rufus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠΛITΩN(sic) Π ICT, eagle standing facing, spread wings, head to left, with wreath in beak. RPC VI, 1190 (temporary); Varbanov 3894. 12.09gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
