Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 480. 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 (12.73 gm). Dated year 41 (94/3 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; MA (date) left, bee above, torch right. Kleiner, Ephesus 44; SNG von Aulock 7850. EF, traces of an undertype or possible double strike. ($200)