Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 346. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 133-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.60 gm). Dated year 45 (90/89 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / EFE, bow-case with serpents; ME (date) to left, serpent entwined around staff above, torch right. Kleiner, Ephesus 46; Pinder 36. EF. ($500)