Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 381. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. C. Septimius T.f., Proconsul. 57-55 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.09 gm, 12h). Poseidonios, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. SEPTVMI. T. F. PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, POCEIDwNIOC below. Stumpf 41; SNG France -; BMC Mysia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. EF, obverse a little off-center. Rare. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.