52, Lot: 53. Estimate $150. Sold for $195. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. 133-67 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.37 gm). Dated year 3=132-131 BC. Cista mystica with serpent / Bow case with two serpents; G (date) at upper left, torch right. Kleiner, "The Dated Cistophori of Ephesus," ANSMN 18 (1972), 4; SNG Copenhagen 317. Good VF. ($150)

From the John M. McCarthy Collection

Better dies than Noe or Copenhagen plate specimens.