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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2342951, member: 57495&quot;]You can think of the OP coin as a &#039;descendant&#039; of yours. Same denomination from the same general area (Asia), but different design and regime. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cistophori were silver tetradrachms already in use in Attalid Pergamon when the Romans inherited the kingdom from the last king. Your coin is from the decades following that event, when the same design was kept. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, the designs changed, and many different mints were used to strike them, but the denomination stayed the same, so we refer to those as cistophori as well. I think Bing has one with Mark Antony&#039;s portrait on the obverse and cista on the reverse. Hadrian was the last emperor to strike cistophori. </p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from this, I know that they&#039;re nice, big, silver, and I want some <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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