224, Lot: 220. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralleis. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.56 g, 1h). Cistophoric type. Ptol-, magistrate. Dated CY 4 (130 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΠTOΛ above, Δ (date) and TPAΛ to left; to right, Dionysos standing right, holding grape bunch and thyrsos. SNG Copenhagen 662 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 3263-4 var. (date); BMC 44-8 var. (same); Gorny & Mosch 108, lot 1280. Good VF, attractively toned, die break on grape bunch. Rare.