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Tetradrachm (cistophoros) of Pergamon with cista mystica
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 133–67 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Pergamon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 12.43 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1618
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Half-open cista mystica, from which serpent emerges left.
Ivy wreath around.
Reverse: Bow-case, ornamented with an aplustre, between two coiled serpents.
At right, staff (or thyrsos?) entwined by serpent.
Two Greek letters above monogram between heads of coiled serpents.
Monogram in field at left.
Ivy wreath around.
Reverse: Bow-case, ornamented with an aplustre, between two coiled serpents.
At right, staff (or thyrsos?) entwined by serpent.
Two Greek letters above monogram between heads of coiled serpents.
Monogram in field at left.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hans von Aulock; purchased by MFA from Hans von Aulock, November 13, 1963