Details
LOT 2943
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, A above monogram of ΠΛ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 6; Pinder 100. Very Fine. Very rare.(12.64gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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