Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 263. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 133-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.50 gm). Dated year 45 (90/89 BC). Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ME above EFEleft left, serpent staff above, torch right. Kleiner, Ephesus 45; SNG Copenhagen 326. EF. ($200)