364, Lot: 294. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralles. T. Ampius T.f. Balbus. Proconsul, 58-57 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 9.92 g, 12h). Cistophoric series. Damonikos, priest, and Alexandros, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents around tripod surmounted by owl; T AM–PI T F/PRO COS above; to left, humped bull right above TPAΛ; [AΛ]EΞANΔPOΣ upward to right, [Δ]AMONIKO[Σ/IEREYΣ] below. Stumpf 17 = Waddington 6997. VF, toned, roughness. Very rare.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Roma IV (30 September 2012), lot 1975; Münzen und Medaillen 34 (26 May 2011), lot 259; Münzen und Medaillen 32 (26 May 2010), lot 252.