GS76209. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergamum 12; Pinder 95; SNG Cop 420; BMC Mysia p. 124, 106; SNGvA -; SNG BnF -, aVF, obverse struck with a worn die, uneven toning, light marks, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 12.514g, maximum diameter 29.6mm, die axis 0
o, c. 104 - 98 B.C.; obverse Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges, all within wreath of ivy with berries; reverse bow-case holding strung bow and ornamented with an apluster, flanked on each side by a snake with head erect, ΔI (control) above between heads of snakes, straps from case draped over snakes below,
(Pergamon monogram) to left, snake entwined thyrsos to right;
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