Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 201. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator. 49-48 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.76 g, 1h). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. Stumpf 68; SNG France 1763. VF, toned, softly struck obverse, light scratches in field on reverse. Rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 930.