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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2695236, member: 82616&quot;]In <i>The Metallurgy of Roman silver Coinage </i>Butcher and Ponting write the following conerning Claudian cistophori:</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Two reverse types have been noted for this issue: the temple of Rome and Augustus, which is distinctly Pergammene; and Diana of Ephesus, which is distinctly Ephesian. But both must be the product of a single mint because the obverse die linkage between the two types is extensive. On the whole, stylistic considerations seem to favour Ephesus as the mint: the cistophori resemble the contemporary bronze coinage of Ephesus, but certainty in this matter seems impossible. The use of two distinct types is perhaps better considered as celebrating the chief cities of Asia rather than indicating the place of minting.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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