(BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm

Aristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 11.94g, 11h), dated year 3 (132/131 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / Î’Î‘-Î•Î¥ /Î“/ Î‘Î -ÎŸÎ›, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. Corroded, VF. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auk. 113 (10/2001), 5250.

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City/Mint name:	Kings of Pergamon
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Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	SNG von Aulock 2897; E.S.G. Robinson, Cistophori in the name of King Eumenes, NC 1954, p. 8 and Pl. I, 6; Kleiner/Noe, p. 103, Serie 2
Valuation:	Lanz Auc. 125 (11/2005), lot 345 (EUR 400 ($472) + comm)
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