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Banner Artemide eLive Auktion 31
Lot # 214
Greek Asia. Ionia, Ephesos. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 81-80 BC. Obv. Cista mystica from which a serpent is coiling; all within ivy-wreath. Rev. Two serpents coiling around a bow-case; above, crossed cornucopiae with uncertain object in the middle; to left date and city; to right, torch. Cf. SNG Cop. 334 (ear of grain); cf. SNG Tübingen 2789 (poppy). AR. 11.81 g. 26.00 mm. Good F/About VF.