Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 690. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. C. Fabius M.f., Proconsul. 57-56 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.88 gm). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C FABI M F PRO-COS, bow case between two serpents; OH/EFE in two lines left, kantharos above, torch right, HPAKWN below. Stumpf, Numismatische Studien Zur Chronologie Der Römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien," 25, pl. 1, 20 (same reverse die). Toned, good VF, porous. Very rare, only one specimen cited by Stumpf. ($500)