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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2003391, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Wow, JBG =&gt; that&#039;s a fantastic new edition (yummy!!) ... Bing, I really like your example as well (that baby is sweet) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">sadly, I don&#039;t have one of those cool cista mystica examples ... however, I do have another cista mystica example that is pretty cool ...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Mysia – PERGAMON, </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Cistophoric Tetradrachm</span></b></p><p>123 - 104 BC</p><p>Diameter: 27 mm</p><p>Weight: 12.4 grams</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Cista mystica within ivy wreath</p><p>Reverse: two serpents entwined around bowcase; BO above</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359347[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and I&#039;ll also toss-in a couple of Pontos examples from the time of M-daw</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">g VI ... </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #00b300"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus</a></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><b><span style="color: #ff0000">PONTOS, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI. Æ20</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 85-65 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 20 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 8.49 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]359348[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Pontos, Amisos Æ 26</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><b><span style="color: #ff0000">(Under Mithradates VI Eupator)</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 120-111 or 100-95 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 26 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 21.10 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing bashlik</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: AMI-ΣOY across field, quiver and unstrung bow</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]359351[/ATTACH]</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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