Ionia or Syria, Ephesus or Antiochia ad Orontem. Augustus. 27 B.C. - A.D. 14 AE 26 as (26 mm, 10.50 g). Struck ca. 25 B.C. or later CAESAR, title upward to left of bare head of Augustus right within dotted border / AVGVSTVS, name in laurel-wreath of eight leaves; all within line border (no inner border to wreath). RPC 2235 (Ephesus); RPC 4100 (Antioch).

RPC I is divided on whether the AVGVSTVS asses are from Ephesus or Antioch. The descriptions, style and even metrology of specimens listed in RPC are indistinguishable from one another.