Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 359. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator. 49-48 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.99 gm, 12h). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. Stumpf 68; SNG France 1763. VF, toned, softly struck obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.