Ionia. Ephesos circa 180-67 BC. Dated CY 45=90/89 BC
Cistophoric Tetradrachm AR
27mm., 12,30g.
Basket (cista mystica) from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case, between the snake heads, serpent-entwined staff, to left, ME (date) above EΦE, torch to right.
very fine
Kleiner, Dated 46; SNG Copenhagen 326; DCA 325.