Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 719. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralles. Circa 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.64 gm). Undated issue, struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; to right, humped bull standing right on maeander pattern. Kleiner & Noe Series 15 (dies 30/?); BMC Lydia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Superb EF. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.