Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1 Lot: 177

LYDIA. Tralles. Ca. 155-145 BC. Silver cistophoric 
tetradrachm (12.71 gm). Serpent emerging from cista 
mystica, all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy leaves and 
berries / Bowcase ornamented with aphlaston and flanked 
by two serpents, TRA to left, to right filleted zebu 
bull standing right on meander. Kleiner and Noe Series 
15. Pinder 142. Mint state 

Estimated Value: $ 500 

...Sold for $350 USD [ approx 266 EUR, 185.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).