GS81781. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergamum 5; Pinder 92; SNG BnF 1715; BMC Mysia p. 124, 96; SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, VF, toned, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 12.592g, maximum diameter 24.6mm, die axis 180
o, c. 123 - 104 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with half open lid, from which a snake emerges left, all within wreath of ivy leaves and berries; reverse bow-case ornamented with an apluster, strung bow emerging upper left, flanked on each side by a snake with head erect, A over Σ (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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