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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3239543, member: 87809&quot;]Has anyone of you figured out if the OP cistophorus&nbsp; was minted in Ephesus or in Pergamum?</p><p>According to <a href="http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/augustus3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/augustus3.html" rel="nofollow">http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/augustus3.html</a> there are RIC 477, RIC 480, RIC 493 and also RIC 488 (with lituus). The difference that I can see is that the legend on 488 and 493 is to the outer left while on 477 and 480 it is below the neck. Also the tail of the capricorn, is straight on 493 and 488 but curved on 477 and 480. Could these be the differentiating elements? Hmmm... Maybe not, guess I am not seeing something, because I have 3 of these cistophorus, two of them have a capricorn with curved tail and legend below the neck, but the third one has a capricorn with straight tail but the legend is also below the neck, not to the outer left as shown on davy.potdevin&#039;s Augustus. Any ideas?</p><p>Just showing one that I guess could be RIC 477, Ionia, Ephesus mint:</p><p>25 x 26 mm, 11.78 g; ca. 25 - 20 BC</p><p>There is a grafitti behind Augustus&#039; head, horrible people who do that </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]847710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]847711[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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