393, Lot: 126. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.68 g, 12h). Cistophoric issue. Struck 137-134 BC. Cista mystica with serpent within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, nude male (Herakles?) standing left, holding club and lion skin; to right, hippocamp left. Kleiner & Noe Series 39.56; SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF. Well struck. Rare series.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 876098 (July 2010).