383, Lot: 419. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralles. C. Fannius. Praetor, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.08 g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Aristokles, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Hexastyle temple, surmounted by statue of Athena, between two serpents; to right, hand holding olive branch, B below; [C •] FAN P-ONT • PR above; ΑΡΙCΤΟΚΛΗ[C] (magistrate’s name) below. Stumpf 64; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 54 var. (without B below hand). VF, lightly toned, a few light marks. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind BBS 149 (17 December 2008), lot 86; Cederlind BB 146 (3 April 2008), lot 72.