Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 925. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70 g, 1h). Dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / EFE, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. Kleiner & Noe Series 36 (dies 51/j); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7842. EF. ($300)