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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 356. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. MYSIA, Pergamon. Anonymous Quaestor. Late 
                                2nd-mid 1st century BC. AR Cistophoric 
                                Tetradrachm (12.55 gm, 8h). BID Estimate $500  

                              MYSIA, Pergamon. Anonymous Quaestor. Late 2nd-mid 
                              1st century BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55 
                              gm, 8h). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow 
                              case between two serpents; monogram above, Q to 
                              left, thyrsos to right. Stumpf 3 (M. Antonius 
                              M.f.); SNG France 1767 (same obv. die). VF, darkly 
                              toned, light die rust on reverse. Rare. ($500)

                              From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

                              The identity of the quaestor who struck these 
                              monogram-signed issues in Pergamon and Ephesos is 
                              unknown, though he is often thought to be L. 
                              Antonius, the brother of Mark Antony (see Stumpf, 
                              pp. 14-17, and RPC I, p. 376).








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High bid of $500, $575 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €405, £275, C$625, A$650, on June 8, 2005.

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