★ Extremely Rare Type ★

PHRYGIA. Apameia. Cistophoric standard.
Tetradrachm (AR, 29 mm, 12.93 g) c. 160–150 BC.
Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase ornamented with an aplustre; civic monogram in left field, head of Silenos in right field.
Kleiner-Noe Series – (same obverse die as Series 16, 14-a); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –; cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 57 (04.04.2001), lot 455; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 65 (19.12.2019), lot 387.
Extremely rare, unpublished type with a charming depiction of Silenos. Dark old cabinet toning. Small grafitto on the reverse. Good very fine.

Ex German private collection. Acquired from Münzengalerie Europa Center Berlin. With an old dealer's ticket.