Phrygia, Laodikeia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 88-67 BC. Hermogenes, son of Olympiodoros, magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ЄPMOΓЄNHC OΛYMΠIOΔΩPOV in three lines above, ΛΑΟ to left, winged kerykeion to right. Cf. SNG von Aulock 8407 (order of magistrates legend); cf. SNG Copenhagen 493 (same); cf. BMC 6 (same); HGC 7, 724; Roma E-80, lot 397; Kölner Münzkabinett 104, lot 106; CNG 311, lot 795; Fritz Rudolf Künker 94, lot 1236. 12.44g, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.