Watch List notes:

PHRYGIA. Laodikeia. Circa 133/88-67 BC. Cistophorus (Silver, 24 mm, 12.53 g, 12 h), Gerontos, magistrate. Cista mystica from which snake coils; around, ivy wreath with fruits. Rev. Two snakes coiled around a bow case; to left, ΛAO; above, ΓΕΡΟΝ/ΤΟΣ; in field to upper left, A; to right, winged kerykeion. BMC -. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 263, 2. C. A. Marinescu: A first-century hoard of late cistophori, in: NC 1995, p. 326, 34. Pinder -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Extremely rare. Well struck and exceptionally sharp, a very attractive example. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine.


From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.