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Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, 88 - 76 B.C.
Apameia was named for Apama, the mother of the founder, the Seleucid king Antiochos I. Apameia suffered frequent earthquakes and one reduced it to ruins early in the first century B.C. In 88 B.C., the city peacefully opened its gates to king Mithradates of Pontos. As a reward, Mithradates granted the city 100 talents for restoration. Kleiner suggests this type is related to Mithradates' gift. The emission of cistophori by Apameia undoubtedly ended in 67 B.C., the same time the issues ended at Ephesos.SH69293. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Apameia, VI, 9; BMC Phrygia p. 71, 15; SNGvA -; SNG Cop -, VF, obverse struck with a worn die, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, weight 12.378g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Dionysios, 88 - 76 B.C.; obverse Cista mystica with half open lid, from which a snake emerges left, all within ivy wreath; reverse two coiled snakes with heads erect, ornamented bow-case between them with strap on right, bow emerging from top left side of case, snake wrapped around two flutes on the right, AΠA left (off flan), ΔIONY/ΣIOY between the snake heads; SOLD
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