CNG 90, Lot: 957. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica. Imperator and Proconsul of Syria, 49-48 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 11.63 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; mint monogram to left. Stumpf 68; SNG France 1763-5. VF.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 546.