Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 678. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73 gm). Dated RY 21 (of Attalos II of Pergamon=139/8 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; A-(bee)-K (date) above, double cornucopiae to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 34b (dies 47/a); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7841 (same dies). EF. Rare issue. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.