224, Lot: 219. Estimate $200. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralleis. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.66 g, 1h). Cistophoric type. Ptol-, magistrate. Dated CY 3 (131 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΠTOΛ above, [Γ] (date, barely visible) and [TP]AΛ to left; to right, Dionysos standing right, holding grape bunch and thyrsos. SNG Copenhagen 662; SNG von Aulock 3264. Good VF, lightly toned, purple toning spot on reverse.