AR, Cistophoric tetradrachm, year 86 (= 49/48 BC), EPHESOS
Collection Dr. W. R. - From the Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic to the Beginnings of the Roman Empire
ASIA, IONIA
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AR, Cistophoric tetradrachm, year 86 (= 49/48 BC), EPHESOS, Praetor C. Fannius and local magistrate Aratos,
25 mm, 12.40 g.
Cista Mystica within ivy wreath with corymbas//C · FAN · PONT · PR, two serpents, their tails entwined, flanking domed dystile temple surmounted by cult statue holding patera and sceptre, headdress of Isis to left, ΕΦΕ and date ΠϚ (= 86) above, to right burning torch, in exergue ARATOC.
Metcalf 83 (this coin); SNG v. Aulock 1868; Stumpf 58.
RR Very fine/nearly very fine
Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 17, Munich 2003, lot 155.