Obverse: Cista mystica with half-open lid from which a serpent emerges all...
Reverse: Two coiled serpents, heads erect; between them, kerykeion; in rig...
| Collection: | Arthur S. Dewing Collection |
| Context: | Ephesos |
| Material: | Silver |
| Denomination: | Tetradrachm |
| Actual Weight: | 12.45 |
| Die Axis: | - |
| Date: | 122 BC - exact 121 BC |
| Region: | Ionia |
| Period: | Hellenistic |
Obverse Type: Two coiled serpents, heads erect; between them, kerykeion; in right field, long torch
Date Description:
type ca. 175 BC to first cent. BC; this coin: rev. legend
Collection History:
Acq. Athens, 1956.
Commentary: F.S. Kleiner, "The Dated Cistophoroi of Ephesus," ANSMN 18 (1972), pp. 17-32: p. 25, 19 (this coin).