Rare Proconsular Cistophoric Tetradrachm

244, Lot: 161. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. C. Claudius Ap.f. Pulcher. Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.21 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Menophantos, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, MHNOΦANTO[C] below. Stumpf 54; SNG France -. VF, toned. Rare.