373, Lot: 129. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.64 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; to left, bee above ΕΦΕ; to right, serpent coiled around small cista. Kleiner & Noe Series 28, obv. die 39; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 7837. Good VF.

From the Byron Schieber Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 721388 (July 2000).