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Tetradrachm (cistophoros) of Nysa with cista mystica, struck undr Mo[...]
Greek
Hellenistic Period
After 133 B.C.
Mint: Lydia, Nysa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 12.28 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.504
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Cista mystica, half-open, from which snake emerges.
All within wreath of ivy leaves and berries.
Reverse: Two coiled serpents. Between them a bow-case ornamented with aplustre.
Strung bow within case appears behind serpent on the left.
At right, mostly off flan, Dionysos standing holding thyrsos.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right and between serpents' heads..
All within wreath of ivy leaves and berries.
Reverse: Two coiled serpents. Between them a bow-case ornamented with aplustre.
Strung bow within case appears behind serpent on the left.
At right, mostly off flan, Dionysos standing holding thyrsos.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right and between serpents' heads..
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen List 228, January 1963, no. 30); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., April 8, 1964