Description

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 Π? (= 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.