Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 754. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Apameia. C. Fannius, Propraetor. 49 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.16 gm). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / C. FAN PONT PRO, two serpents on either side of tetrastyle temple with a draped standing figure holding a patera and sceptre; MANTIQEOS MANTIQEOU below, two flutes right. Stumpf 57; SNG Copenhagen 159; SNG von Aulock 3464. Toned VF. Rare. ($500)