Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 478. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 133-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.63 gm). Dated year 39 (96/5 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; LQ (date) left, crested helmet above, torch right. Kleiner, Ephesus 42; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, traces of an undertype or possible double strike. ($200)