Triton XVII, Lot: 293. Estimate $500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.49 g, 12h). Struck circa 180-160 BC. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; EΦE to left, strung bow and arrow to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 7, unlisted dies; otherwise unpublished. EF, toned, some scrapes under tone. Very rare series 7, only two recorded by Kleiner & Noe (in Ashmolean and Vienna), none in CoinArchives.