GS91390. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergamum p. 80 & pl. 15, 32; Pinder 107; SNG BnF 1734; SNG Cop 430, VF, toned, a little flatly struck, some die wear, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 12.287g, maximum diameter 29.3mm, die axis 30
o, c. 85 - 76 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, ornamented with apluster, flanked on each side by snake with head erect, ΔI (control) over Prytaneis monogram between heads of snakes, case straps draped over snakes below,
(Pergamon monogram) to left, snake entwined thyrsos to right; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection;
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