CNG 106, Lot: 319. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Attalos II Philadelphos. 158-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 12.69 g, 1h). Cistophoric type. Ephesos mint. Dated RY 21 (139/8 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; A-K (date) across upper field, filleted double cornucopia to right. Kleiner, Dated, Series 2a, obv. die 4; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 1857 (same obv. die); DCA 317. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck.