(BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm

Aristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.11g, 12h), dated year 4 (131/130 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / Î’Î‘-Î•Î¥ /Î”/ Î‘Î -ÎŸÎ›, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. VF. Very rare.

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City/Mint name:	Kings of Pergamon
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Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	SNG Cop. Suppl. 948 (same obv die); E.S.G. Robinson, Cistophori in the name of King Eumenes, NC 1954, p. 8 and Pl. I, 12; Kleiner/Noe, Series 3, p. 104 and Pl. XXXVIII, - (O 2/R - )
Valuation:	Lanz Auc. 117 (11/2003), lot 293 (EUR 1,025 ($1,207) + comm)
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