142, Lot: 35. Estimate $150. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.72 g). Dated RY 2 (of Attalos III of Pergamon=138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case with serpents; to right, B (date) above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia. Kleiner & Noe Series 36; BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7842. EF, well struck, slightly off-center.