429, Lot: 272. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Appius Claudius Ap.f. Pulcher. Imperator, 54-51 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26.3mm, 11.93 g, 12h). Apollonios, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; AP PVLCHER AP F/IMP in two lines above; Z (date?)/ΛΑΟ to left; caduceus to right; ΑΠΟΛΛΩ[ΝΙΟΣ]/ΕΥΑΡΧ[ΟΥ] in two lines below. Stumpf 87; BMC 21. VF, toned, granular and porous surfaces. Very rare, only one specimen in CoinArchives (CNG 42, lot 519).