138, Lot: 77. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.63 g). Dated year 45 (90/89 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ME (date) left, serpent staff above, torch right. Kleiner, Ephesus 45; SNG Copenhagen 326. EF, small flan flaw in center of obverse.