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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 25365127, member: 112342&quot;]I&#039;ve been looking for these cistophoric tetradrachms for a long time, but non &#039;spoke&#039; to me, or they were too expensive to justify the purchase. As part of my recent splurge, I finally bought it, even though I had this coin on my watchlist for nearly a year (probably the longest I&#039;ve ever pondered over buying a coin, and luckily no one else bought it in the meantime, for a good reason).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1623029[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>MYSIA, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. </p><p>12.28g, 28.9mm, circa 180/167-133 BC</p><p>REF: BMC 90, Kleiner-Noe series 11a, Pinder 84a.</p><p>OBV: Cista mystica within ivy wreath. REV: Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΠΕPΓ civic monogram to left, race torch to right. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got it form <a href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/12-zumbly/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/12-zumbly/" rel="nofollow">@zumbly</a>&#039;s store Minotaur coins. This is what it looked like, with patches of horn silver. Upon receiving the coin, I treated with sodium thiosulphate to remove the encrustations. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1623028[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I then looked to see if there are any die matches. I&#039;m sure the later issues of these coins are so numerous that finding a die match is almost impossible. However, since this is an early type with specific elements like the torch and high details on the bow case and the snakes, I managed to find a double die match after examining hundreds of images on acsearch. I believe the coin below, sold by Heritage is a double die match. <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-pergamum-ca-180-167-133-bc-ar-cistophorus-30mm-11h-ngc-xf/a/232144-61100.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-JumpLot-081514#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-pergamum-ca-180-167-133-bc-ar-cistophorus-30mm-11h-ngc-xf/a/232144-61100.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-JumpLot-081514#" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-pergamum-ca-180-167-133-bc-ar-cistophorus-30mm-11h-ngc-xf/a/232144-61100.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-JumpLot-081514#</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1623027[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share you cistophoric themed coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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