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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2869854, member: 32619&quot;]I think these are very cool coin! I put off getting one for a while too...simply because they seem so plentiful. This one &quot;spoke&quot; to me and I went for it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-173-pergamon-cista-mystica.6290/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>MYSIA, Pergamon. c. 166-67 BC.</p><p>AR Tetradrachm, 29mm 12.5, 12h; Cistophoric standard. Struck c. 104-98 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath.</p><p>Rev.: Bow case with serpents; above, KP above prytaneis monogram, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined staff to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fond of the below bronze with a cista mystica becase of the :</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-128-amisos-cista-mystica.4447/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Pontos, Amisos</p><p>AE20, 8.2g, 12h; 85-65 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Dionysos with ivy wreath right.</p><p>Rev.: AMIΣOY; Cista mystica with panther skin and thyrsus; monogram in left field[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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