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Area: Ionia - Ephesus, under Roman rule
Period: 133 - 67 B.C.
Denomination: AR Cistophorus
Date of Issue: Year 65 = 69 BC
Obverse: Cista Mystica containing serpent within ivy-wreath
Reverse: Bow in case between two coiled serpents; to right, long torch; to left, "XΕ / ΕΦΕ" above, double cornucopiae
Reference: GCV 4393ff, von Aulock 1865v
Weight: 11.77 gms
Diameter: 26.8 mm

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