AUGUSTUS SILVER CISTOPHORUS – ISSUE OF EPHESUS WITH PAX AND CISTA MYSTICA – XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 18394)

$1,850.00

ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. OCTAVIAN (AUGUSTUS).
Silver cistophorus, 11.81 g, 27 mm. Issue of Ephesus, ca. 28 BC.
Obv. IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX, laureate head of Octavian right. Rev. PAX, Pax standing left with caduceus, snake emerging from cista mystica in right field, all within laurel wreath.
RIC I, rev, 476; RPC, 2203.
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “light marks”, attractive old cabinet toning with golden highlights; the type commemorates Octavian’s victory over Antony and Cleopatra and the restoration of peace following the Roman civil war.

Published: Vilmar Fixed Price List IV, no. 105.

 

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