342, Lot: 262. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.57 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Struck circa 88-85 BC. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AP and monogram above, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 27; Pinder 104; SNG France 1729; SNG von Aulock 7479; SNG Copenhagen 427 (same dies). Near EF, dark iridescent tone.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.