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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 8211346, member: 51347&quot;]Very very nice, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] ! </p><p><br /></p><p><b>My Cisto:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440706[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mysia, Pergamum (Pergamon) 85-76 BC</p><p>Cista Mystica or Cistophoric Tetradrachm</p><p>AR Tetradrachm 12.46 x 26 mm</p><p>Obverse: Cista mystica with serpent; all within oak / ivy wreath</p><p>Reverse: bow-case with serpents, PRE monogram to left, KP / PRY monogram above, serpent-staff right.</p><p>Ref: Kleiner 36</p><p><br /></p><p>This was after the Mithradates War, and during a very tough time for Pergamon - Perhaps my Cisto was one of the first as Tribute to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>WIKIPEDIA -</p><p>In 88 BC, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI" rel="nofollow">Mithridates VI</a> made the city the headquarters in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mithridatic_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mithridatic_War" rel="nofollow">first war</a> against Rome, in which he was defeated. At the end of the war, the victorious Romans deprived Pergamon of all its benefits and of its status as a free city. Henceforth the city was required to pay tribute and accommodate and supply Roman troops, and the property of many of the inhabitants was confiscated. The members of the Pergamene aristocracy, especially Diodorus Pasparus in the 70s BC, used their own possessions to maintain good relationships with Rome, by acting as donors for the development of city. Numerous honorific inscriptions indicate Pasparus’ work and his exceptional position in Pergamon at this time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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