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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2759675, member: 76181&quot;]I am a Capricorn, so I had to have this, and I am glad I got it back. The Ephesus issues for Augustus have the largest Capricorns I have seen. Everyone here has seen this one before.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancients.info/gallery/data/3547/aug_a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.89 gm, Die Axis 1:00). Ephesus mint. Struck 24-20 BC. IMP. CAE-SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right, head left, holding cornucopiae; all within laurel wreath. References: BMC (Vol. I) No. 696; CBN (Vol. I) 916; RIC (Vol. I) 480; RPC (Vol. I) 2213; RSC (Vol. I) 16; Sutherland Group VI No. 239 (O33/R43) THIS COIN (illustrated). Toned. Satin brown patina. Silver highlights</p><p>Sutherland plate coin (The Cistophori of Augustus)</p><p>Ex Rodolfo Ratto Sale, Lugano Switzerland (Feb. 8, 1928), Lot 1719</p><p>Ex Lempertz (23 February 1939), lot 960.</p><p>Ex CNG via private sale</p><p>Ex John Malcolm Hayes Collection (corinthstater.com) who donated this coin back to me after my collection was stolen. He wanted me to stay in the hobby. It worked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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