Ionia, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.51g, 27mm). Dated CY 53 (82/1 BC). Kleiner, Dated 54

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Ionia, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.51g, 27mm). Dated CY 53 (82/1 BC). Obv.: serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath. Rev.: two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; quiver and strap above, [N]Γ (date) over EΦE in left field, torch in right field. Kleiner, Dated 54; BMC 165; Pinder 43; DCA 325. Toned nice VF.