Watch List notes:

MYSIA. Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. Cistophorus (Silver, 28 mm, 12.54 g, 1 h), circa 104-98. Cista mystica from which snake coils; around, ivy wreath with fruits. Rev. Two snakes coiled around a bow case; between the snake heads, ΔI; to left, monogram of ΠΕΡΓ; to right, thyrsos entwined by a serpent. Kleiner 12. SNG Paris 1734. Some minor marks, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.