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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4603397, member: 110350"]And (at least) from Lydia (which was directly east of Ionia), as in this coin I purchased not long ago:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 125/124 or 120/119 BCE , Ptol-, Magistrate. Obv. Cista mystica with lid ajar and serpent emerging; all within ivy wreath / Rev. Bowcase (gorytos) with two serpents (one to left and one to right, heads at top); H [= date = Year 8 = 125/124 or 120/119 BCE] over ΠTOΛ [PTOL] above, between serpents’ heads; TPAΛ [TRAL] in left field; to right, Dionysus in short chiton standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos in right hand and mask of Silenos in left hand. SNG Copenhagen 662-663 <i>var. </i>[different year] [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 28, Lydia Part 2 </i>(Copenhagen 1947)]; BMC 22 Lydia 48 (p. 333) <i>var.</i> [different year] [B.V. Head, <i>A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 22, Lydia</i> (London, 1901); SNG von Aulock 3262-3264 <i>var. </i>[different year] [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock,</i> <i>Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia</i> (Berlin, 1962)]; Pinder 159 [same year -- “H”]; see also id. 157-158 [different years] [M. Pinder, <i>Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der Römischen Provinz Asien</i> (Berlin, 1856) at pp. 565-566]. 24 mm., 12.64 g. [= 3 drachms, not 4], 1 h. <i>Ex: CNG Auction 225 (13 Jan. 2010), Lot 144.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1140265[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4603397, member: 110350"]And (at least) from Lydia (which was directly east of Ionia), as in this coin I purchased not long ago: Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 125/124 or 120/119 BCE , Ptol-, Magistrate. Obv. Cista mystica with lid ajar and serpent emerging; all within ivy wreath / Rev. Bowcase (gorytos) with two serpents (one to left and one to right, heads at top); H [= date = Year 8 = 125/124 or 120/119 BCE] over ΠTOΛ [PTOL] above, between serpents’ heads; TPAΛ [TRAL] in left field; to right, Dionysus in short chiton standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos in right hand and mask of Silenos in left hand. SNG Copenhagen 662-663 [I]var. [/I][different year] [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 28, Lydia Part 2 [/I](Copenhagen 1947)]; BMC 22 Lydia 48 (p. 333) [I]var.[/I] [different year] [B.V. Head, [I]A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 22, Lydia[/I] (London, 1901); SNG von Aulock 3262-3264 [I]var. [/I][different year] [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock,[/I] [I]Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia[/I] (Berlin, 1962)]; Pinder 159 [same year -- “H”]; see also id. 157-158 [different years] [M. Pinder, [I]Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der Römischen Provinz Asien[/I] (Berlin, 1856) at pp. 565-566]. 24 mm., 12.64 g. [= 3 drachms, not 4], 1 h. [I]Ex: CNG Auction 225 (13 Jan. 2010), Lot 144.[/I] [I] [ATTACH=full]1140265[/ATTACH] [/I][/QUOTE]
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