SH71849. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, SNG Cop 659; BMC Lydia p. 331, 37; SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, Choice gVF, Tralles (Aydýn, Turkey) mint, weight 12.535g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 0
o, magistrate Theod.., c. 128 - 67 B.C.; obverse Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges left, all within ivy wreath; reverse two coiled serpents, heads erect, flanking bow-case ornamented with an apluster, bow within emerging top left, strap from lower right, TPAΛ left, ΘΕOΔ (magistrate) above case; Dionysos on right, standing left, holding bunch of grapes in right hand and thyrsos in left;
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