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Tetradrachm (cistophoros) of Apameia with cista mystica

Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 150–140 B.C.
Mint: Phrygia, Apameia

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 12.40 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.507
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Ivy-wreath with berries, within which serpent emerging left from cista mystica.
Reverse: Bow-case flanked by two coiled serpents. Strung bow within; aplustre ornaments bow-case. At right, elephant head right.
Monogram in Greek at left.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen List 228, January 1963, no. 38); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., April 8, 1964