Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 12.03 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck circa 25-20 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, head left, bearing cornucopia on back; all within laurel wreath. RIC I 480; Sutherland Group VIα, 241 (O35/R45 – this coin); RPC I 2213; RSC 16. Handsome old cabinet tone. Good VF.
From the Benito Collection. Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 847; Sternberg XI (20 November 1981), lot 566; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1 May 1980), lot 4; Prof. Dr. Karl Hahn (Cahn 61, 3 December 1928), lot 630; Sigmund Krausz Collection (Cahn 54, 9 September 1925), lot 23.