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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 5223779, member: 99456&quot;]Updating this thread with an example of a &quot;dated&quot; cistophoric tetradrachm.&nbsp; For more on this series see Kleiner <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/300458786/The-dated-cistophori-of-Ephesus-Fred-S-Kleiner" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scribd.com/document/300458786/The-dated-cistophori-of-Ephesus-Fred-S-Kleiner" rel="nofollow">1972 ANS Museum Notes 18</a>.&nbsp; Mine for CY=64 or AD 71/70.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Attalus III of Pergamum, a close ally of Rome, bequeathed Pergamum to the Roman republic on his death in 133. These coins are dated from the formation of the province of Asia in 134/133.&nbsp; Kleiner notes:</p><p>&quot;It is interesting that Ephesus is the only city to place provincial era dates on its cistophori, a decision which possibly reflects a readier acceptance of Roman rule than in the other Attalid cities.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216417[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ionia, Ephesos</b>, circa 180-67 BC, AR - early cistophoroi, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, CY ΞΔ = 71/70 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Serpent crawling out of cista mystica; all within ivy wreath</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΞΔ/EΦΕ, bow-case with two confronted serpents, krater above; to right flaming torch.</p><p><b>Size:</b>&nbsp; 26 mm. 12,33</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Kleiner, Dated 62, SNG Copenhagen 332-3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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