244, Lot: 164. Estimate $100. Sold for $88. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.35 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Dated CY 45 (90/89 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; EΦE to left, ME (date) upper left, serpent-staff above, torch to right. Kleiner, Dated 46; SNG Copenhagen 326. VF, spotty toning with deposits, porous.