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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2869908, member: 82322&quot;]Often one side of a cistaphoric tetradrachm is more worn than the other.&nbsp; I suspect the mint did not retire dies when their details became deformed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]685563[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia, Pergamon, 135-128 BC, cistaphoric tetradrachm, 12.38g 27mm</p><p>Obv: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Rev: Bow case with serpents; AΣ above, civic PE monogram to left, gorgoneion to right. Kleiner Series 30, 97a, Pl. IX, 1</p><p>ex-Empire Coins, Fixed Price List 76 (September 1995), lot 74</p><p><br /></p><p>The far right side of the coin depicts a winged gorgoneion facing three-quarters left, two snakes above facing each other, and snakes crossing below chin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Medusa symbol on my cistaphoric tetradrachm reminds me of the full Medusa on the extremely rare Medusa/&quot;Athena&quot; tetradrachms such as this example from the museum in Copenhagen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685570[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mørkholm, “Pergamene Coins in Copenhagen”, <i>Festschrift für Leo Mildenberg</i> (1984)) 16.75g 33.5mm</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen a specimen of the Medusa/&quot;Athena&quot; type in person.&nbsp; They are not available for collectors.&nbsp; I choose to believe the small symbol on my tetradrachm was inspired from the same source.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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