Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 956. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralles. Circa 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61 g, 12h). Undated issue, struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / TPA, bow case with serpents; filleted tripod to right. Kleiner & Noe Series 23 (obv. die 51); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 13 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 3252 (same obv. die); Hunterian 2 (same obv. die). EF. ($300)