Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 677. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.50 gm). Dated RY 20 (of Attalos II of Pergamon=140/139 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; K (date) to left above, bust of Artemis to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 33 (dies 44/?); BMC Ionia pg. 63, 145 corr. (listed as 'undated'); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 944 (same obverse die). EF, light peripheral porosity. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.