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Cistaphori of Mysia, Pergamon

Silver cistaphori, 25mm, 12.58gm, issued 104-98 BC

Obv: Cista mystica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath, rev..

Rev: Bow in case between two coiled serpents, to left ΠEP monogram, above MH, to right serpent entwined thyrsus.

References: See Sear 3948.

Scarce.

From a hoard of over a thousand cistaphoric tetradrachms found in 2002.

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