354, Lot: 155. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.61 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; to left, bee above ethnic; to right, serpent coiled around small cista. Kleiner & Noe Series 28, obv. die 39; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 7837. VF, toned, hairline flan crack.