Ionia, Ephesos AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Dated year 65 = 70/69 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΞE (date) above EΦE to left, lit torch to right, torch(?) between two cornucopiae above. BMC 168. 12.27g, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.