370, Lot: 140. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; to right, fillet hanging from hand left. Kleiner & Noe Series 26, obv. die 32; SNG Copenhagen 311. VF, toned, flan crack.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Reportedly ex P. Tinchant FPL 260, no. 9.