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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2940044, member: 82194&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">I&#039;ve enjoyed seeing everyone&#039;s gifts! The generosity and thoughtfulness of each of the gifts seems entirely indicative of what I have come to know of you all over the last year.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Of course, when my package arrived yesterday I eagerly ripped into it and admit to being glad it did not arrive earlier as I doubt my self-control would have allowed waiting.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">My Secret Saturnalia hit a home run for sure!!</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">First up was this book:</font></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Mysia_Pergamon2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Evans, Richard. <i>A History of Pergamum: Beyond Hellenistic Kingship</i>.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2012.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I&#039;ve only just read through the prelims, but suspect the book won&#039;t be a hard difficult slog given the preface:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>The purpose of this work is to allow relatively straightforward access to a subject that has long been of interest to scholars and students of ancient history and to archaeologists who have dealt with, and continue to deal&nbsp; with, the evidence obtained from excavation work applicable to ancient&nbsp; Asia Minor, and specifically the city of Pergamum. Pergamum is far from being a neglected subject, as a cursory glance at the bibliography here and elsewhere, including easily available references&nbsp; via such media as the internet, well illustrates. However, what is not so easily at hand is a portal through which students, a more general readership and, indeed, fellow scholars will find a useful introduction to the entire history of this city, from its humble and rather obscure beginnings, through its famous period governed by Hellenistic kings, and thereafter as one of the chief cities of the Roman province of Asia, down to the period of the Byzantine Empire and beyond.</i> </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Under the book I found a nondescript little package which contained . . . . <font face="Times New Roman">a coin from Pergamum no less:</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Mysia_Pergamon1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Mysia, Pergamon. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Struck ca. 76-67 BC.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obv.: Cista mystica, with serpent issuing l. from beneath half-open lid; around, wreath of ivy.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Rev.: <img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Mysia_Pergamon_mintmark.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; in field l.; Bow-case, ornamented with floral scroll, and containing strung bow; in front and at sides, two serpents with tails intertwined and heads erect facing one another with monogram <img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Mysia_Pergamon_monogram.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> between and ΦΙ above; in field r., thyrsus with serpent coiled round it.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">12.6g, 29mm, 12h</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Cf. Pinder 119, Kleiner Hoard 50; SNG BnF 1754-5</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Ex. Aethelred Collection</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This is a very interesting coin and I am looking forward to learning more about it and the Cistophoric Tetradrachms in general. Even more pleasing is that this coin came from my friend [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] &#039;s collection by way of our own [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER].</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I hope my SS may choose to reveal themself, but in any case I wish to say thank you, I love the gift! You did well.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Merry Christmas to you SS! and to the CT Ancients family.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">-Doug</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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