Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 409. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.72 gm, 12h). Dated RY 2 (of Attalos III of Pergamon = 138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / [E]FE, bow-case with serpents; to left, B above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia. Kleiner & Noe Series 36; BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7842. Superb EF. ($300)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.