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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7813944, member: 86498&quot;]The Cistophorus is everything that [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] says it is and then some. But it is an important bridge as the Eastern Mediterranean transits from the Hellenistic world to that of the Roman. I believe we are only now beginning to unravel how the Romans used the regional coinage that they found to suit their own ends.</p><p>Cistophorus associated with Lucius Licinius Lucullus 68-67 AD Ephesos&nbsp; Obv. Cista Mystica&nbsp; Rv Bowcase flanked by coined serpents above grain ear flanked crossed cornucopia Kleiner 73 De Callatay 3.1 11.39 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1342896[/ATTACH]In the AJN 23 2011 De Callatay wrote in the article &quot; More Than It Would Seem&quot; that this particular series of coins can be associated with Lucullus&#039;s campaigns again Mithridates of Pontus[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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