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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3724117, member: 82322"]Wow, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] , I have never seen the leopard symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example with the Medusa symbol:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998403[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia, Pergamon, 135-128 BC, Cistophoric tetradrachm 12.38g 27mm</p><p>Obv: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Rev: Bow case with serpents; AΣ above, civic monogram to left, gorgoneion to right. <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795" rel="nofollow">Kleiner</a> Series 30, 97a, <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795#fig-103" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795#fig-103" rel="nofollow">pl. IX, 1</a></p><p>ex Empire Coins, Fixed Price List 76 (September 1995), lot 74 </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998404[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Medusa symbol is also rare; there is only one other example on ACSearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Noe and Kleiner's book, <i>Early Cistophoric Coinage</i>, has been digitized and can be accessed at <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3724117, member: 82322"]Wow, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] , I have never seen the leopard symbol. Here is an example with the Medusa symbol: [ATTACH=full]998403[/ATTACH] Mysia, Pergamon, 135-128 BC, Cistophoric tetradrachm 12.38g 27mm Obv: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath Rev: Bow case with serpents; AΣ above, civic monogram to left, gorgoneion to right. [URL='http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795']Kleiner[/URL] Series 30, 97a, [URL='http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795#fig-103']pl. IX, 1[/URL] ex Empire Coins, Fixed Price List 76 (September 1995), lot 74 [ATTACH=full]998404[/ATTACH] The Medusa symbol is also rare; there is only one other example on ACSearch. Noe and Kleiner's book, [I]Early Cistophoric Coinage[/I], has been digitized and can be accessed at [URL]http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795[/URL][/QUOTE]
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