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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shanxi, post: 7851157, member: 101607&quot;]<font size="4">After the first Mithridatic War Pergamon lost the status of a free city. It was now completely under the control of the roman republic. This Cistophor was struck after the first Mithridatic War.</font></p><p><b><font size="6"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1352049[/ATTACH] </b></font></b></p><p><font size="4">Mysia, Pergamon</font></p><p><font size="4">Cistophoric Tetradrachm, c. 85-76 BC</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev.: Bow case between two coiled serpents; to left, monogram of Pergamon; above, AΠ, monogram and star; to right, thyrsos.</font></p><p><font size="4">Ag, 28.46mm, 12g</font></p><p><font size="4">Ref.: SNG Paris 1726. SNG von Aulock 1369</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Next: cista mystica</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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